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Stop & Shop will close seven Massachusetts stores on Halloween, with two locations donating leftover groceries to a local food bank.

The Quincy-based grocery chain’s store at 165 Needham Street in Newton closed in August. Seven other locations will shut their doors for good on Thursday:

  • 932 North Montell St. in Brockton

  • 341 Plymouth St. in Halifax

  • 36 New State Highway in Raynham

  • 539-571 Boston Turnpike in Shrewsbury

  • 415 Cooley St. in Springfield

  • 545 Lincoln St. in Worcester

  • 24 Mattakeesett St. in Pembroke

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The Stop & Shop stores in Shrewsbury and Worcester are preparing to donate any remaining items to Worcester County Food Bank, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported.

“The Worcester County Food Pantry will go two to three times a week and pick up what hasn’t sold,” a Stop & Shop spokeswoman told the newspaper.

Stop & Shop said it’s also working closely with other local hunger relief agencies to ensure that anything that remains unsold at the time …

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