After 40 years, Bashas’ is closing its only grocery store in Tempe

Tempe’s only Bashas’ grocery store is closing at the end of November after 40 years.

According to ABC15, the Chandler-based grocer said it decided against renewing its lease at Warner Road and McClintock Drive after reviewing the store’s performance and economic factors.

The Basha family, which opened its first store in Goodyear in 1932, sold its brands to California-based grocer Raley’s in 2021. The deal consisted of all Bashas’, Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods, Bashas’ Diné Market and Eddie’s Country Store locations.

After the sale, Bashas’ continued as a fully formed operation within the Raley’s enterprise and kept its corporate headquarters and distribution center in Arizona.

Bashas’ still has more than 150 stores in Arizona and New Mexico, including more than 50 under the Bashas’ banner.

Where can Tempe Bashas’ shoppers buy groceries after closure?

Shoppers who frequent the Tempe location, which opened in 1986, will have to travel 4 miles west to Warner Road and 48th Street in Ahwatukee if they want to stay with the brand.

Several competitors are closer, with Albertsons and Safeway supermarkets about 1 mile away and Fry’s and Sprouts stores about 2 miles away.

The Tempe store was one of four that entered into a delivery partnership with Amazon in June.

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