Lucky’s Market, the natural foods grocer, will close all but one of its Florida locations, according to a report Jan. 21 by the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Lucky’s operates two stores in Northeast Florida, in Neptune Beach and Oakleaf. The Oakleaf store opened May 22 at 8380 Merchants Way. The Neptune Beach store at 580 Atlantic Blvd. opened in 2016.
The 20 Florida stores will close Feb. 12 and liquidation sales will begin Jan. 22.
The West Melbourne store will remain open, the report said.
When the Oakleaf location opened in May, 150 were hired to staff the store. A store representative at the Oakleaf location referred comment to the national media office. A call to the national office went to a full voice mailbox.
Sleiman Enterprises, which leases space in Oakleaf to Lucky's Market, said it hadn't received notice from the grocer that it would be closing.
The phone number at the Neptune Beach store was out of service.
In December, Kroger, an investor in Lucky's, announced that after three years it would divest its stake in the grocer.
Lucky’s Market was founded in 2003 by Bo and Trish Sharon in Boulder, Colorado, according to the grocer’s website.