Back in March, discount grocery chain Grocery Outlet Bargain Market announced plans to close 36 underperforming locations. The store closures are part of a broader restructuring aimed at strengthening its long-term profitability and optimizing its existing store footprint.
All 36 of those stores have now closed, according to Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.’s most recent earnings report, which was released last week. The California-based company also closed an additional four locations, bringing the total to 40 store closures in the first half of fiscal 2026.
Grocery Outlet also opened 17 new stores this year.
Shares of Grocery Outlet (Nasdaq: GO) have generally been on the rise since the company first announced the closures. The stock is up 11% over the last six months and about 10% year to date as of this writing.
Which Grocery Outlet stores have closed?
Global asset advisory firm Gordon Brothers is marketing and subleasing Grocery Outlet’s underperforming stores. A July 2026 flyer produced by Gordon Brothers advertises 30 former Grocery Outlet retail locations as still available for sublease.
The stores are spread across California, Idaho, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Store sizes range from 14,000 to 30,000 square feet. Furniture, fixtures, and equipment are also for sale at most locations. Here’s a list of the addresses on the flyer:
California:
- 315 Panno Drive, Brawley
- 350 N. 2nd Street, El Cajon
- 14868 West Whitesbridge Avenue, Kerman
- 2001 West Whittier Blvd, La Habra
- 4420 Ontario Mills Parkway, Ontario
- 2900 Sperry Ave, Patterson
- 13345 Poway Rd, Poway
- 120 N. China Lake Blvd, Ridgecrest
Idaho:
- 2455 East 25th Street, Idaho Falls
- 1732 Hurley Drive, Pocatello
- 20 Nearing Way, Smelterville
Maryland:
- 1753 Chesaco Ave, Baltimore
- 598 Cranbrook Road, Cockeysville
- 5410 Lynx Lane, Columbia
- 1713 Massey Blvd, Hagerstown
- 7660 Belair Road, Nottingham
- 11120 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills
New Jersey:
- 4004 Route 130, Delran
- 3057 NJ-35, Hazlet
- 190 Hamilton Commons Drive, Mays Landing
- 3174 Route 9, Suite 5, Rio Grande
Ohio:
- 4844 Everhard Road, Canton
- 650 Eastgate S Drive, Suite F, Cincinnati
- 4415 Leavitt Road, Lorain
- 876 Lexington-Springmill Road, Ontario
- 5721 Broadview Rd, Parma
- 6000 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown
Pennsylvania:
- 345 Scarlett Road, Kennett Square
- 18993 Park Avenue, Meadville
- 2524 Welsh Road, Philadelphia
Fast Company reached out to Grocery Outlet to ask whether additional stores are expected to close this year beyond what was announced. We’ll update the story if we receive a response.
Food deserts could worsen
As discount grocery chains continue to reduce their footprint, grocery deserts are likely to become a growing problem. Save A Lot, another discount supermarket chain, has closed more than two dozen stores across 13 states so far in 2026.
The USDA classifies thousands of census tracts across the country as low-income, low-access areas, meaning economically disadvantaged communities that are more than one mile in urban areas or more than 10 miles in rural areas from a full-service grocery store.
When discount grocers close stores, some neighborhoods lose their only affordable options.