Supermarket chain Safeway announced another store closure in the Bay Area, sparked by issues that have disrupted other businesses across Northern California.
Safeway will be shuttering its Vallejo location on Admiral Callaghan Lane in April, a spokesperson for Safeway told the KRON4 news station, which first reported the news. The grocer said that the closure was prompted by the store’s “financial performance,” as well as “ongoing safety concerns.”
Newsweek has contacted Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway, to inquire whether it expects to announced further closures in California and nationwide in 2025.
Why It Matters
The store closure highlights the financial and operational challenges faced by Safeway, as well as brick-and-mortar shops more generally, as they struggle to adapt to changing consumer preferences and rebound from the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic…