Southeastern Grocers
Supermarkets are also experiencing sales challenges. For example, southeastern Grocers, which is in charge of markets like Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo, and Harveys, announced that they would shut down 22 stores by March 25, 2019. This decision came less than one year after it recovered from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. During that time, the company had to close 94 stores. Among the three brands it owns, Bi-Lo is the one that is set to suffer the most since 13 locations are going to cease operation.
Shopko
Shopko first announced its plan to shut down 70 percent of stores by May 2019. However, they later changed their plans and intended to close all the stores permanently. In January 2019, Shopko applied for bankruptcy and hoped that a buyer could help it out of this mess. Sadly, it failed to get a buyer and tried to liquidate all its merchandise. As a result, it closed all locations by June 2019.