Pick 'n Save store locations closing; 5 in metro Milwaukee

Pick 'n Save store locations closing

Pick 'n Save will be closing five store locations in southeast Wisconsin, a spokesperson confirmed on Monday, June 23.

MILWAUKEE - Pick 'n Save will be closing five store locations in southeast Wisconsin, a spokesperson confirmed on Monday, June 23. 

Store locations closing

What we know:

The Pick 'n Save spokesperson noted the closures are part of a "larger company-wide decision to run more efficiently and ensure long-term health of our business."

Pick 'n Save

Employees at the impacted stores will have the opportunity to transfer to a nearby location, the spokesperson said. 

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The five Pick 'n Save locations closing include: 

• 1735 W. Silver Spring Drive, Glendale
• 3701 S. 27th Street, Milwaukee
• 2355 N. 35th Street, Milwaukee
• 2931 S. Chicago Avenue, South Milwaukee
• 2320 W. Ryan Road, Oak Creek

These stores will close in the next 18 months. It's unclear the exact timeline for each closure.

Shoppers respond

What they're saying:

At the Pick 'n Save at 35th and North, shoppers stock up on groceries for the week.

Gwendolyn Mayon said it seems like she's here every other day. But soon, that will change.

"This is the good one," shopper Gwendolyn Mayon said. "They have really good food, really good produce, really good deals. There are no other options [...] They should leave it here."

Shoppers believe it will create a food desert in some places.

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"It will be a hardship to the community," shopper Brandy Carson said. "This is a commodity that’s needed."

About five miles away, in Glendale, people at the Silver Spring store were upset to hear the news that their location will also shut down.

"Where are we going to go?" shopper Oddis Hudson asked. "Towards that way? Or all the way up that way? Or further that way?"