The closure, which had been put off for 11 months, will affect the Safeway store on Webster Street in the Fillmore section of San Francisco.
The Safeway supermarket chain has announced that it will close down one of its key locations in San Francisco in February due to concerns that customers and employeesThe closure, which had been put off for 11 months, will affect the Safeway store on Webster Street in the Fillmore section of San Francisco , which had been operating for the last 40 years.Adidas, Macy’s, Zara, Nordstrom, Old Navy, Sephora, Hollister, Aldo, J.
The company said it initially intended to close the store earlier this year but put off the move so as to “provide a greater transition period for the community.” All of the store’s unionized employees will be reassigned to several of the 15 supermarkets that it operates throughout San Francisco, the company said.
Neighborhood residents waged a fierce public campaign to lobby the company not to shutter the store back in March, as was originally intended.San Francisco has been plagued by a rise in violent crime in recent years — one of the reasons that retailers have closed down stores in the city.Local leaders have warned that Safeway’s departure would adversely impact other businesses in the area while leaving residents with a dearth of grocers within walking distance.
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