Overview

• The five stores set to close on August 16 include locations in Pauls Valley, Jay, Kingfisher and Ponca City in Oklahoma and Gordon in Georgia.
• The shutdowns are expected to affect about 85 employees across the five underperforming supermarkets.
• Christin King, director of marketing and public relations, said the decision reflects weak financial returns and limited long-term growth potential at those sites.
• Homeland operates roughly 80 supermarkets across Oklahoma, Texas and Georgia under banners such as CashSaver, Discount Foods, Food World, Piggly Wiggly and United Supermarkets.
• Management plans to reallocate capital and personnel to higher-potential markets in response to intensifying competition from large one-stop retail chains.