"Three years later, parent-company SaveMart announced Lucky Bayview would close on Nov. 1, the one-month notice catching San Francisco officials by surprise. The store's "small footprint" model of 9,549 square feet shielded the corporation from San Francisco's Neighborhood Grocery Protection Act, which requires grocery stores of 10,000 square feet to give the community six-month's notice before leaving."
"And then the November 1 closing date became more ominous: On top of losing a grocery store, Bayview residents, along with 42 million other Americans, would lose SNAP benefits."
""This store has been open for less than three years and its loss is another major blow to the Bayview community, which has long faced the challenges of being a food desert," Walton said in a released statement."
"SaveMart released a statement saying the decision was based on "the store not meeting the financial or operational expectations required for continued operation." When asked to clarify "financial or operational expectations," SaveMart declined further comment."
Lucky Bayview opened with official fanfare as a crucial grocery addition in a historically food-desert neighborhood. The store closed less than three years later when parent company SaveMart announced a Nov. 1 shutdown, citing unmet financial or operational expectations and declining to clarify further. The 9,549-square-foot store avoided San Francisco's Neighborhood Grocery Protection Act requirements because its size was under the 10,000-square-foot threshold, allowing only one month's notice. The closure removes a local grocery source and jeopardizes SNAP access for Bayview residents and millions of other Americans, intensifying longstanding food-access challenges in Bayview Hunters Point.
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