Safeway will close its supermarket at 6150 Bollinger Road in West San Jose on or before Nov. 13, ending more than 57 years at the Orchard Farms Shopping Center near the Cupertino border. The company says no workers will lose their jobs.
“All associates will keep their jobs and be assigned to another store in the geographic area,” a Safeway spokesperson told KRON-TV, according to TheStreet, adding that the moves are consistent with the company’s collective bargaining agreements.
Safeway has not given a reason for the closure. For shoppers in the neighborhoods around Bollinger Road, the change means a short drive to another store, but it also adds to a string of Safeway closures across the Bay Area as parent company Albertsons trims its store base.
The Store, the Date and the Workers
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the store will close Nov. 13 and that Safeway did not disclose a reason. TheStreet reported that the closure will come on or before that date…