Some bad news for NoPa residents who rely on the Lucky supermarket for their groceries: The store is closing later this year because it is not financial viable, parent company Save Mart says.
Workers at the Lucky supermarket at 1750 Fulton Street (at Masonic) were given notice this week that the store will be closing permanently on September 11. The Chronicle had the news Thursday, and it’s more bad news for the grocery landscape in San Francisco generally, following last year’s closure of the Fillmore Safeway store, which was an anchor in that neighborhood.
This also represents the loss of one of the city’s least expensive grocery options, in a city where the same 12 items can vary wildly in price — and cost twice as much whether you’re shopping at Trader Joe’s or Bi-Rite. The Chronicle’s most recent survey of grocery prices around the city found Lucky to be second only to Trader Joe’s in selling the least expensive options for a dozen basic products, including extra-virgin olive oil, ground beef, eggs, rice, and coffee…