(cache)Stop & Shop closures include 32 stores, 15 in New England

Stop & Shop is closing 32 underperforming grocery stores across the country, including eight in Massachusetts, as a part of an effort to weed out underperforming locations.

Each will shutter on or before November 2. All store employees will be relocated to a surviving location, the grocery chain said.

The move follows an announcement in May, in which Ahold Delhaize, the corporate parent of Quincy-based company, said it would focus on improving the chain’s performance, lowering prices for customers, and remodeling stores.

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“Stop & Shop is focused on growing through large, multi-year price investments and a stronger customer value proposition, both in-store and online,” President Gordon Reid said in a Friday statement. “This means we’ll be focused on delivering lower everyday prices, as well as even more savings for our customers through strong promotions.”

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“Since 2018, we have completed more than 190 store remodels, with the customer shopping experience in mind,” he continued. “These stores are outperforming other Stop & Shop stores that haven’t been remodeled.”

The century-old grocery chain still operates more than 350 stores spanning five states, including 81 stores in Connecticut, 115 in Massachusetts, 47 in New Jersey, 91 in New York and 25 in Rhode Island. Just last month, it opened a new, 52,000-square-foot Boston flagship location in Allston Yards.

Here is the list of closing locations: