CARROLLTON Two Kroger grocery stores in Greene County are set to close within the coming month, the company said Wednesday.
The Cincinnati-based retailer, the largest U.S. supermarket chain by revenue with 2,920 stores nationwide, has stores in Carrollton and White Hall. It s a devastation to the town, White Hall Mayor Brad Staats said. We re going to lose jobs, revenue, it s going to disrupt a lot of people s lives.
Aside from Kroger, the closest grocery stores to White Hall are 20-plus miles away, in Greenfield, Jerseyville and Jacksonville.
Any of those can be a long trip, Staats said.
Staats is hoping the town will get another grocery store, he said, adding that the lack will create issues for residents who don t drive and, instead, walk to the grocery. The price of gas being in the $3-a-gallon range makes it an issue for those who do drive, he said.
Two Kroger stores in Greene County closing
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Diana Monroe of White Hall loads groceries into her car Wednesday at Kroger in White Hall.Rochelle Eiselt | Journal-Courier
CARROLLTON Two Kroger grocery stores in Greene County are set to close within the coming month, the company said Wednesday.
The Cincinnati-based retailer, the largest U.S. supermarket chain by revenue with 2,920 stores nationwide, has stores in Carrollton and White Hall.
“It’s a devastation to the town,” White Hall Mayor Brad Staats said. “We’re going to lose jobs, revenue, it’s going to disrupt a lot of people’s lives.”
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