Employee-owned discounter Bi-Mart will close its five Cascade Farm and Outdoor locations in Oregon and Washington this spring to focus on its flagship Bi-Mart discount chain.
Cascade Farm and Outdoor operates four stores in Oregon in Coos Bay, Keizer, Hood River, and Springfield, and one in Washington in Walla Walla. The company opened its first store in 2014 in Walla Walla, and its most recent in 2024 in Springfield.
“The decision, while difficult, is strategically important as Bi-Mart’s employee owners move to further strengthen our solid financial position and focus on our plans for future growth in the Northwest,” stated a Bi-Mart media release. “Our division of Cascade stores, while successful, did not have the volume and momentum to significantly contribute to our path moving forward,” the news release added…