Shoppers Food announces closing of Hyattsville grocery

Shoppers Food and Pharmacy will shut down its Hyattsville store as its parent company is discussing the sale of its grocery chain. Spokesman Michael Wilken wrote in an email that the Chillum Road location will begin liquidating its inventory on May 28 “with an expected completion date of Monday, June 24.” The news comes as executives with United Natural Foods Inc., Shoppers’ parent company, are planning to sell the grocery chain to divest retail chains and focus on wholesale business. Last month, the company began closing all of its pharmacies in its Baltimore and Washington area supermarkets, but told pharmacy employees they would be offered other jobs at the same salary. Wilken said employees at the Hyattsville store have been offered jobs at other Shoppers stores in the region.