SEABROOK, N.H. — Six of the 34 Shaw's supermarkets in New Hampshire will be closing by Sept. 2.
The owners of Shaw's and Star Market said that while the individual stores have not been profitable for some time, the closings are not a result of the overhaul health of the two chains and that there are no plans to close additional stores. In New Hampshire, about 450 people work at the stores slated to close, and employees will be offered jobs at other Shaw's locations when possible, the company said.
The affected New Hampshire stores are in Seabrook, Goffstown, Manchester, Tilton, West Lebanon and Keene. In Keene, customers said Tuesday they weren't surprised given that several other grocery stores have been built in recent years and Shaw's had struggled to compete. But some said they would miss the store.
"I'm heartbroken," customer Joan Soucy told WMUR-TV. "I shop here every day. I don't know where I'm going to go."
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