Raleigh Kroger to close this week, moving staff to temporary stores

Kroger has announced that it will close a Raleigh store on Tuesday, weeks before it will close the 13 remaining stores in the Raleigh-Durham area on Aug. 14.

Posted 1:46 p.m. Jul 9, 2018 — Updated 3:19 p.m. Jul 13, 2018

Jessica Patrick

, WRAL.com editor

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kroger has announced that it will close a Raleigh store on Tuesday, weeks before it will close the 13 remaining stores in the Raleigh-Durham area.

The store located at 6300-150 Creedmoor Road Kroger is closing early at the request of Crunch Fitness, which is buying the store.

In a press release, Kroger said the employees of the store will be transferred to other Kroger stores in the market. All stores in the area will close on Aug. 14.

On Thursday, Kroger announced that it will lay off more people than what was originally estimated. According to Kroger, 118 people at each store will lose their jobs -- that's a total of 1,652 people.

Originally, company representatives said it would be about 1,500 employees.

Kroger owns Harris Teeter, and many of the stores closing in the Triangle will become Harris Teeters. However, reps say there's no guarantee those losing their jobs will get a job at the new Harris Teeters taking over.

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