Hollywood Markets is closing in Troy after nearly six decades of business at the location on Maple Road.The closure is the second this year for the local grocery chain. In January, the Rochester location closed "as a result of differing visions with the plaza's landlord," Hollywood Markets said on its website.The company, which has been owned by the Welch family for four generations, said it's now closing the Troy location due to shopping trends and competition."Since we built this building in 1966, we hav...
Hollywood Markets is closing in Troy after nearly six decades of business at the location on Maple Road.
The closure is the second this year for the local grocery chain. In January, the Rochester location closed "as a result of differing visions with the plaza's landlord," Hollywood Markets said on its website.
The company, which has been owned by the Welch family for four generations, said it's now closing the Troy location due to shopping trends and competition.
"Since we built this building in 1966, we have been blessed to call this city our home," Hollywood Markets said Monday in a Facebook post. "Unfortunately, with the retail climate and intense competition surrounding this store, we have made the difficult decision to close our doors at this location only."
The Troy store's last day in business has not yet been determined, officials said, but it will likely be sometime around the end of the month.
The company said the latest closure will allow Hollywood Markets to focus on its remaining locations, in Bloomfield Hills, Madison Heights and Royal Oak.
The Welch family opened its first grocery store in Detroit in 1924, according to the company website. The first store under the Hollywood Markets name opened in 1950 in Royal Oak.
A second Royal Oak location was established in 1959 with stores in Troy, Auburn Hills and Shelby Township following in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1999, the Auburn Hills location was relocated to Bloomfield Township.
The company expanded in 2007, buying the former Michigan-based Farmer Jack chain and turning its stores in Madison Heights, Rochester and Lake Orion into Hollywood Markets.
About a decade later, the Shelby Township and Lake Orion stores closed, due in part to heightened competition, according to the company's website.
Employees who worked at the Troy location will be offered positions at the three remaining stores, officials said.
"We know that we have your trust and appreciate everything the Troy and Birmingham communities have done for us over the past six decades," the company said on Facebook.
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