Kansas City Loses Stores To Theft

Sign of the times . . .

RAMPANT METRO CRIME CONTINUES TO IMPACT SERVICES FOR KANSAS CITY RESIDENTS!!!

Something to consider . . .

These locations aren't the most poverty-stricken locales in the area . . . The reality is that the populace is confronted with the realization that there aren't many consequences for stealing from retailers and, consequently, that has spiked theft across the area.

Here's the latest . . .

Both are Save a Lot locations: 3500 Blue Ridge Cutoff near Independence, whose last day in operation was June 20, and 6599 N. Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, which will close at the end of the month.

Value Grocers LLC vice president of operations Syed Haider wrote in a note posted on both grocery stores’ doors that the closings were the result of “ongoing theft” as well as “general business decline.”

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The Kansas City area is losing two grocery stores. The owners blame theft

The owners of 11 local grocery stores have closed one and will close another at the end of this month.

Pair of KC-area Save A Lot groceries closing because of ongoing theft

The Save A Lot on Blue Ridge Cutoff is already boarded up with doors locked. By the end of the month the Save A Lot in on North Oak Trafficway in Gladstone will join them.

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Developing . . .