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Save A Lot Shrinks, Leaving Communities Stranded | Raleigh News
Save A Lot is slashing its footprint—closing 100 stores and exiting Texas, Louisiana, and Rhode Island—as rising costs and stiff competition from Aldi and Lidl force the discount grocer to scale back. With family food budgets already stretched thin—USDA says a family of four needs over $1,000 monthly—these closures leave communities without affordable options. Once locally owned, many stores folded under soaring rents and labor woes. And ironically, Save A Lot may now cost more than Walmart for the same items, forcing shoppers to travel farther. This isn’t just a temporary inflation…
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