Dive Brief:
- The Raley’s Companies plans to close three stores under its Raley’s banner and one under its Nob Hill Foods banner, Chelsea Carbahal, a spokesperson for the grocer confirmed to Grocery Dive.
- Under the Raley’s banner, the Brentwood, California, store is set to close on Nov. 3, followed by the Elko, Nevada, location on Dec. 8, and the Petaluma, California, location on Jan. 26, 2027. The Nob Hill Foods in Los Gatos, California, is expected to close at the end of June 2027.
- The four scheduled closures come just a few months after Raley’s closed three stores.
Dive Insight:
Carbahal said the closures are not tied to a broader effort to reduce its store fleet.
“A variety of factors contributed to these store closures, including local market conditions and the long-term financial sustainability of these locations,” Carbahal wrote. “Thoughtful stewardship sometimes means opening stores, and sometimes it means making difficult decisions to close them.”
Carbahal said that the anticipated Nob Hill Foods closure in Los Gatos is due to the landlord terminating the grocer’s lease.
“These decisions are part of the same disciplined approach that guides investments across our business, including our planned Madera store opening in March 2027,” Carbahal wrote, referring to the 40,000-square-foot Raley’s O-N-E Market that broke ground in June.
At the start of the year, Raley’s confirmed its plans to close a name banner store in Roseville, California, in January and the Nob Hill Foods location in Mountain View, California, in May. A Raley’s store in Antioch, California, shuttered in April, according to a WARN notice.
The Raley’s Companies has undergone several key executive changes this year. In March, the company named Mike Teel, its owner and chairman, as its CEO, succeeding Keith Knopf, who worked for nearly 11 years at the company. In July, the company named Carol Barsotti chief marketing officer.
Raley’s started in 1935 and became The Raley’s Companies in 2021 after it bought Bashas’. The company runs over 100 stores in Northern California and Nevada.
