Southeastern Grocers
Grocery retailers are also suffering from a lack of sales. Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo, and Harveys’ parent company, Southeastern Grocers, has announced the closure of 22 of its stores by March 25, 2019. In less than a year, the company recovered from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. 94 stores were forced to close at that time. Bi-Lo will be the most impacted of the three brands it controls, with 13 outlets scheduled to close.
Shopko
Shopko has previously announced that it is expected to close 70% of its stores by May of this year. They later altered their decision and announced that all of the stores will be permanently closed. Shopko filed for bankruptcy in January 2019, expecting to find a buyer who could help the company get out of this mess. It failed to find a buyer and attempted to sell all of its assets, but was unable to do so. By June 2019, it had closed all of its locations.