But a Dec. 18 email to Centerville’s planning department shows that is no longer the case.
“Grocery Outlet isn’t moving forward with the project as they’re undergoing a new strategic realignment,” said Cindy Callaghan, associate development manager for Greenberg Farrow, an Atlanta, Georgia-based architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, landscape architecture and development services firm.
Callaghan confirmed to this news outlet Tuesday that the company is moving forward with plans to renovate a storefront at 606 Taywood Road in Englewood. Located in the Northmont Plaza Shopping Center, that 21,000-square-foot location sits between Instinct Dance Co. and Planet Fitness.
The decision to not move forward with the Centerville location follows the company in October appointing Eric Lindberg, who served as chairman of the board, as the company’s interim president and CEO. He replaced RJ Sheedy, who stepped down from his position and resigned from the company’s board of directors.
Lindberg previously served as CEO or co-CEO from January 2006 through December 2022, Grocery Outlet said in October
Founded in 1946 by Jim Read and based in Emeryville, California, Grocery Outlet touts itself as “the nation’s largest extreme value retailer.” The company and its subsidiaries have more than 520 stores in 16 states, including Ohio and Kentucky.
Its stores are independently operated by local families who are committed to supporting their communities, the company said on its website.
In 2009, Berkshire Partners LLP acquired a majority interest in Grocery Outlet Inc. In 2014, it became part of Hellman & Friedman’s investment portfolio. In 2019, Grocery Outlet launched its initial public offering.
There are two Ohio locations for the chain, one in southwest Ohio’s Batavia Twp./Eastgate area that opened in June and the other in Boardman, near Youngstown, which opened in November 2023.
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