See the seven Mass. Stop & Shop locations closing this month – The Boston Globe

Stop & Shop plans to close seven Massachusetts locations on Oct. 31 as part of the supermarket chain’s move to shutter 32 underperforming stores, company officials said.

The Quincy-based chain announced in July that eight locations across Massachusetts would close on or before Nov. 2. The first of those locations, a Stop & Shop at 165 Needham St. in Newton, closed in August.

Along with the Massachusetts locations, seven other stores will close Oct. 31 in other New England states, the grocery chain said. Store employees will have the opportunity to relocate to stores that remain open, according to the chain.

The closures come after Ahold Delhaize, the corporate parent of the chain, said in May it was focusing on improving performance, bringing down costs for customers, and ensuring a stable future.

“Stop & Shop is focused on growing through large, multi-year price investments and a stronger customer value proposition, both in-store and online,” President Gordon Reid said in a statement to the Globe in July. “This means we’ll be focused on delivering lower everyday prices, as well as even more savings for our customers through strong promotions.”

Discounts on the products at the seven closing stores will start at the end of next week, said Jennifer Barr, a spokesperson for Stop & Shop.

“For anything left in the store unsold, we’re working closely with local hunger relief agencies to make sure that nothing is getting tossed and, as much as we possibly can, to donate to those who need,” Barr said.

The stores are still stocking fresh products, including produce, milk, and eggs for as long as possible, but are not restocking non-perishables, according to Barr.

Barr said the Stop & Shop location closing in Worcester is near two public housing developments, and the chain will be distributing 2,500 turkeys to residents in the parking lot of the closed store in November.

“We wanted to make sure that those folks are taken care of for the Thanksgiving holiday,” Barr said. “We are partnering with the city of Worcester to give everybody in those two complexes a Thanksgiving turkey.”

After the store closures, Stop & Shop will still operate 81 stores in Connecticut, 115 in Massachusetts, and 25 in Rhode Island, the chain said in a statement in August.

Here is the list of Stop & Shop locations closing across New England on Oct. 31:

• 932 North Montello St. in Brockton
• 36 New State Highway in Raynham
• 341 Plymouth St. in Halifax
• 539-571 Boston Turnpike in Shrewsbury
• 415 Cooley St. in Springfield (stores at 1600 Boston Road and 1277 Liberty St. in Springfield will remain open)
• 545 Lincoln St. in Worcester (stores at 940 West Boylston St. and 949 Grafton St. in Worcester will remain open)
• 24 Mattakeesett St. in Pembroke (the store at 125 Church St. in Pembroke will remain open)

• 100 Division St. in Ansonia
• 211 High St. in Torrington
• 1937 West Main St. in Stamford
• 855 Bridgeport Ave. in Milford
• 72 Newtown Road in Danbury

• 11 Commerce Way in Johnston
• 176 Pitman St. in Providence

Information from previous Globe articles was used in this report.

Ava Berger can be reached at ava.berger@globe.com. Follow her @Ava_Berger_.