A week after Johnnie's Foodmaster officially announced that its Melrose store would become a Whole Foods, Boston.com has reported the Chelsea-based supermarket chain is closing all its locations.
Boston.com says an Illinois-based company, Hilco Merchant Resources, which specializes in liquidation services, has begun closing sales at all of the Johnnie's Foodmaster markets.
There will be discounts of up to 30 percent, and closing sales begin Nov. 2, Boston.com reports.
The real Malden
7:28 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
It's a sad day when a corperate giant takes over.