Alachua-based Hitchcock’s Markets is poised to sell all 10 of its locations across North Central Florida to various grocery chains, as one purchase was finalized last month and others are pending.
The rural community-focused and locally-supplied grocery store and pharmacy currently operates stores in Alachua, East Palatka, Hawthorne, Indiantown, Interlachen, Jasper, Keystone Heights, Newberry, Trenton and Williston.
According to a Hitchcock’s manager, who wanted to remain anonymous, the Newberry location is the only one of the 10 with a finalized transaction, and East Palatka is the only one without a verbal purchase agreement from a buyer…