Stop & Shop closing 7 Mass. stores for good on Halloween, will donate leftover groceries Boston 25 News [Video]

WORCESTER, Mass. — 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

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 of the …