Closing times hurt late shoppers
of the Smith’s incident. “I always counted on them.”
This year, at least 11 grocers have stopped 24-hour service. The valley may continue to see cuts.
Without the sales volume to justify 24 hours, Smith’s has decided over the past six to eight weeks to shorten hours at four former 24-hour stores, spokeswoman Aubriana Martindale said.
Three of those stores now close at midnight. They are located at:
■ 7130 N. Durango Drive
■ 6855 Aliante Parkway North
■ 2211 N. Rampart Blvd.
The store at 9851 W. Charleston Blvd. closes at 1 a.m.
Smith’s operates 35 stores in Clark County. According to the company’s website, 15 stores in the valley remain open 24 hours.
In January, Albertsons, which also owns Vons, changed some store hours. Three former 24-hour Albertsons and five Vons now close at midnight and reopen at 5 a.m., spokeswoman Nancy Keane said.
About 20 Albertsons and Vons are in the valley. Five Vons and three Albertsons remain open 24 hours, according to the company’s website.
Changes in customers, Vegas
Smith’s in particular may be saving money for the two new supermarkets announced to open in the valley, said Dan Hubbard, senior retail services director with real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.
One could assume the store changed hours at the locations that performed worst after midnight, he said. The ones still open have the
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ment gains were in professional and business services, for example.
“Current employment, at 187,900 in June, is 16 percent higher than the pre-recession high seen in 2007,” the report states.
However, the next highest yearto-date employment gains were in leisure and hospitality and construction.
“It takes a good chunk of time to make that transformation and it will be ongoing for years to come,” Anderson said.
Jonas Peterson, CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, said the report “only captures a fraction of the larger Southern Nevada jobs picture.”
For example, Nevada is one of the fastest jobs producing state in the country.
“While there is always room for improvement, there is no doubt that Nevada is seeing positive employment gains,” Peterson said via email. “Furthermore, we have more companies focusing on filling fulltime positions due to the economic growth of the state, which will lead to a more stable workforce.”
Aguero said the state is on the right track to improving its ratio of full-time to part-time employment. The state should continue to improve the K-12 education system, continue economic development and diversification efforts, retain a greater share of college graduates, and invest in underrepresented sec- tors such as health care, he said.
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