The Save-A-Lot grocery store in Shelby Park in Louisville closed over the weekend, and local residents say it’s a big loss for the community.
The discount supermarket was closed Sunday after its parent company filed for bankruptcy, according to former store manager Michelle Acres.
Jeffrey Knoerr used to work at that Save-A-Lot, and he says it was very important to the neighborhood.
Knoerr told Louisville Public Media: “I don’t see the area coming back from this. I mean, where are they going to go shop? Where are they going to get food from in this general area? They’ll have to go all the way down off of Broadway to get something to eat now. And lord knows you can’t survive on eating out.”
The next nearest grocery store is Kroger on Goss Avenue, about a mile away. The Logan Street Market, a planned year-round food market, is set to open sometime in 2019.
