The discount grocery chain Save a Lot closed at least three stores in Northeast Florida since December, according to WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.
Those are in Southgate Plaza and the Edgewood Avenue Shopping Center in Jacksonville and at Tuesday Morning Plaza in Orange Park.
A fourth closing is expected.
The Daily Record was told that employees were notified at the Beauclerc Village store at 9742 Old St. Augustine Road the store would close Feb. 22. Landlord Saglo Development could not be reached immediately for comment.
A Save A Lot representative said the afternoon of Feb. 6 he would return a call with whatever information he could share.
Save A Lot has at least nine remaining stores operating in Northeast Florida.
Southgate Plaza landlord representative Frank Reinstine said Feb. 6 Save A Lot's lease remains in effect until May for the 15,000-square-foot store it leases at 3556 Beach Blvd.
Austin Kay with NAI Hallmark represents the Edgewood Avenue Shopping Center and said the store at 3118 Edgewood Ave. W. closed two weeks ago. He said the rent was paid through the end of the month and he is seeking a tenant to fill the 16,230-square-foot space.
"The landscape is changing with shopping behaviors and a new generation coming into the fold with more buying power," said Kay, who is vice president and retail specialist with NAI Hallmark.
An expanded version of this story is at JaxDailyRecord.
