Bankrupt grocer eyes comeback as coronavirus drives demand

CHARLOTTE — A recently collapsed, North Carolina-based grocery chain might be poised to make a comeback.

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News reports from multiple communities in the Southeast indicate a handful of Earth Fare stores are reopening, following the company’s bankruptcy filing about two months ago.

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In early February, Earth Fare, a specialty grocer focusing on organic and natural foods, abruptly shuttered all of its 50 stores, including several locations in the Charlotte market. Now comes word from the Asheville Citizen-Times that a group of investors that includes the brand’s founder is intent on reviving “seven or eight” stores.

The plans to bring back Earth Fare stores are being formulated as grocers nationwide are scrambling to meet surging demand amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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