Store Closing

I posted earlier about losing my job...so this may be familiar.

The store, Krogers, I work for is closing down due to leasing contracts and apparently not enough business. The community is saddened by the closing and a lot of employees are being shoved around attempting to keep their jobs. This has been on my mind constantly, especially since I'm helping closing the store and moving/removing product on the shelve and having to explain to our loyal and regular customers why and when the store will leave the community. Sooo many people are disappointed about this.

If I had higher seniority and the strength to organize a petition I would fight the closing. I think the community would react positively to this...they would sign and help fight to keep this Krogers. I just wouldn't know where to begin and of course I'd fear the negative response that would eventually follow. Where would a person even begin to do something so grand?

Talk to a lawyer. I know when I worked for lawyers and the companies we worked for had bought old inner City landmarks and were renovating them and the old tenants didn't want to move they'd get a group together and "fight" the renovations, being forced to move, etc.

I don't know that anything would come of it; the store is in the business to make money and if it isn't, it's not like a public or government entity that can be swayed by popular voice. If enough customers went there it wouldn't be closing in the first place?

True...but I've worked both the registers and shelves and I was shocked to discover we didn't have enough customers/making enough money..whatever. I mean I dropped teals almost every night and there was always a crap load of money...and that was just from the last 5 hours. I don't believe them when they claim there wasn't enough business. We made a fricken killing this holiday...seems all so strange to me.

I'm sorry but, you can't force a company to stay in business when the owners decide it is time to close. Unless you and the employees are willing to buy the store you have no options.

It is always sad when a store closes down. Shoppers have to drive further to get their shopping done, and employees no longer have their jobs. It is a shame.

Is there another Krogers in a nearby community? If so, perhaps you could work there. Or you could work for a competitor.

Closing the store down is a business decision. What may seem like a lot of money to a cashier may not be much after the company pays its bills. If it is not profitable enough, it gets closed.

bfg

Good luck with this. I hope you find another job quickly.