The Fred Meyer in Tacoma’s South End closed it’s doors one month ago after serving the community for decades. Now it sits vacant and boarded up.
TACOMA, Wash. — One month after the Fred Meyer in Tacoma’s South End closed its doors, the grocery store now sits boarded up. The signs are gone. The parking lot is mostly empty. For many in the surrounding neighborhood, there is a void without the place they frequented for groceries and other goods.
The closure, part of a broader wave of shutdowns by Fred Meyer’s parent company, Kroger, has left residents feeling the impact, emotionally and economically. Sixty Kroger-owned stores
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