Grocery store retailer Shoppers is closing four stores by early November, its parent company confirmed to USA TODAY.

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), which acquired Shoppers Food & Pharmacy in 2018, said in a statement on Oct. 23 that the company realizes the stores are important to those who work, shop, and live in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, the regions primarily served by the grocer.

However, the company has decided to close four Maryland locations in order to strengthen the business for the future, including stores in Capitol Heights and Laurel.

The company previously closed other Maryland locations in Essex, New Carrollton, Waldorf, and Westminster, according to Grocery Dive, a news outlet focusing on the grocery industry and its retailers. The company did

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