Grocery Outlet closing 9 stores in California

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is closing nine supermarkets in California as part of a nationwide restructuring plan to boost profit for the Emeryville-based chain.
Jason Potter, president and chief executive officer of Grocery Outlet, described the closings as part of a “optimization and restructuring plan” involving 36 underperforming supermarkets in California, Idaho, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Stores in Azusa, La Habra and Ontario are expected to close by the end