Southeastern Grocers
Supermarkets are also having difficulties with sales. For example, southeastern Grocers, which owns Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo, and Harveys, has announced that 22 of their stores will close by March 25, 2019. It took less than a year for the company to recover from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. 94 stores were forced to close during that time. Bi-Lo will be the most affected of the three brands it owns, with 13 locations set to close.
Shopko
Shopko first announced its intention to close 70% of its stores by May 2019. They later changed their minds and announced that all of the stores would be closed permanently. Shopko filed for bankruptcy in January 2019, hoping to find a buyer to help it get out of this mess. Unfortunately, it was unable to find a buyer and attempted to liquidate all of its assets. As a result, by June 2019, it had closed all of its locations.