The Journal Gazette is reporting that the Scott’s at 5300 Decatur Road is closing February 14th.  Happy Valentine’s Day!  The closing was announced to the store’s 64 employees this morning at 9:30 am.  This is coming on the heels of last week’s announcement of remodelings, 3 new stores, 3 store closings and $75 million in investment along with 250 additional jobs coming to the region.
The JG states that Kroger’s reasons for the closing are:
- First, the projected cost of remodeling the store to current standards was too high to make it a sound investment.
- Second, the nearby Kroger store was remodeled in 2006 at a cost of $1.7 million.
It also adds that Kroger has stated there will be no other announcements in the short term – whatever that means.
The question now becomes – what will be done with the cornucopia?? Â Will ARCH step in and try to save the sign?
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