Here are the Ohio stores Family Dollar is closing. Is your neighborhood location affected?
Family Dollar has announced the Ohio stores it intends to close amid its plan to cut 1,000 locations nationwide.
The company is shuttering 35 stores across the state and laying off some or all of the 265 employees who work at those locations on or around April 20, according to a WARN layoff notice submitted to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Which Family Dollar locations in Ohio are closing?
According to its notice to the state, Family Dollar is closing the following locations (alphabetical by city):
19 N. Arlington St., Akron, Summit County
580 Vernon Odom Blvd., Akron, Summit County
360 N. Main St., Amsterdam, Jefferson County
2138 state Route 45, Austinburg, Ashtabula County
15978 Cleveland-East Liverpool Road, Beloit, Mahoning County
531 W. Plane St., Bethel, Clermont County
8920 state Route 160, Bidwell, Gallia County
7990 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Hamilton County
5527 Bridgetown Road, Cincinnati, Hamilton County
3407 Harrison, Cincinnati, Hamilton County
2299 Waycross Road, Cincinnati, Hamilton County
9302 Miles Ave., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
1250 E. 105th St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
2191 E. 5th Ave., Columbus, Franklin County
2372 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, Franklin County
3577 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, Franklin County
675 E. Hudson St., Columbus, Franklin County
16160 Township Road 287, Conesville, Coshocton County
349 Cambridge St. N., Cumberland, Guernsey County
440 N. James H. McGee Blvd., Dayton, Montgomery County
615 Walnut St., East Liverpool, Columbiana County
400 Oberlin Road, Elyria, Lorain County
2101 Central Point Parkway, Lima, Allen County
7731 state Route 139, Lucasville, Scioto County
6704 N. Ridge Road, Madison, Lake County
650 N. University Blvd., Middletown, Butler County
511 S. Breiel Blvd., Middletown, Butler County
8050 Hamilton Ave., Mount Healthy, Hamilton County
199 S. Riverside Drive, New Miami, Butler County
11045 Main St., New Middletown, Mahoning County
930 Elm St., Racine, Meigs County
519 S. 2nd St., Ripley, Brown County
1121 N. Reynolds Road, Toledo, Lucas County
4450 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, Mahoning County
8578 Market St. Suite 2, Youngstown, Mahoning County
Why are Family Dollar, Dollar Tree stores closing?
As previously reported, about 600 Family Dollar stores will close in 2024 after parent company Dollar Tree announced it experienced a significant underperformance in 2023.
Over the next several years, the discount chain will also shut down 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree stores at later dates when each store’s current lease ends, a company press release earlier this month said.
Dollar stores have struggled following a shift in consumer spending to lower-margin essentials from higher-margin discretionary goods, according to Reuters. They also face stiff competition from rivals such as Walmart and Chinese e-commerce platform Temu.
Also, Family Dollar stores have been plagued by health and safety concerns for employees and workers, CNN reports.
The retailer was fined this year for violating product safety standards after selling items that were stocked in a rat-infested warehouse. The $41.6 million fine was “the largest-ever monetary criminal penalty in a food safety case,” the Justice Department said.
Family Dollar, Dollar Tree locations in Ohio
Dollar Tree has more than 200 locations in Ohio, including multiple stores in Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo.
Family Dollar has more than 450 Ohio stores, according to data scraping sites like ScrapeHero and Smartscrapers. It also has multiple locations in large cities such as Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo.
Ohio is No. 3 in the nation for Family Dollar stores, behind Florida (about 570) and Texas (more than 1,100).
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Family Dollar to close 35 stores in Ohio, lay off 265 employees