Your relationship to yourfavorite supermarketis more than merely transactionalit’s emotional, too.

The operators might have very good reasons for closing.

Oftentimes, it’s just business.

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But that doesn’t make it sting any less.

Several commenters on the company’sFacebook pagesaid they were “crushed” by the news.

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One of America’sfastest-growing grocery chainsis simultaneously cutting out certain locations as well.

Green Zebra grocery store in Portland, Oregon.

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The world’s largest online retailer continues to pull back on its brick-and-mortar aspirations.

Aldi

Even America’s fastest-growing grocer is closing up shop in some places.

Aldi is opening a brand new 21,000-square-foot store in nearby New Kensington just two days later.

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Aldi’s moves in Western Pennsylvania follow reported closures last month inMinneapolisandFt.

Stop & Shop alsoclosed another storein Brooklyn, N.Y. this past January.

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