(FOX40.COM) — Residents in the small city of Patterson are fighting to keep their local Grocery Outlet open after the retailer announced the store will close this spring.
The Patterson location is among nine stores in California set to close as part of Grocery Outlet’s company-wide optimization plan, announced alongside its fourth-quarter financial results for 2025. But residents say the move could significantly impact the community.
“It all happened very suddenly on Friday night,” said Patterson Mayor Michael Clauzel, as he described the store’s owner, Sarah Kumar, telling him the news that her Grocery Outlet store would be closing…