2 popular retailers are closing Triangle stores & an NC chain charges more for eggs
Two companies with storefronts across the United States are closing thousands of stores. The Triangle will not be spared.
Walgreens will shutter two locations in Raleigh and Durham, along with about 1,200 other brick-and-mortars across the country, over the next few years. And Joann, the fabric store, is closing all of its stores.
The pharmacy is working to cut costs amid “increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures.” Closing stores, starting with 500 expected to shut down in the company’s fiscal year 2025 (which ends in August), is one move Walgreens is taking.
In the Triangle, Walgreens will close the following locations:
- Raleigh: 8385 Creedmoor Road, expected to close March 18
- Durham: 710 Fayetteville St., expected to close March 25
There are about 100 Walgreens locations in the Triangle.
Joann announced early in February that it would close hundreds of stores, including six in North Carolina, The Charlotte Observer reported. Plans changed, though, and now all of its locations will close.
That includes the following Triangle stores:
- Raleigh: 4412 Falls of Neuse Road
- Cary: 2420 Walnut St.
- Durham: 4600 Chapel Hill Blvd.
The company has not said when stores will close.
But as they say, when one door closes, another one opens. In the Triangle retail world, this happens literally.
New retailers announced for downtown Raleigh development
Two businesses are joining Platform Apartments, a Kane Realty mixed-use project in Raleigh’s “West End,” near Union Station.
▪ One is The Bike Library, a bike store and coffee shop that has been operating out of a converted shipping container.
The Bike Library will have a permanent home when it opens this spring at 600 W. Cabarrus St.
▪ Mood Raleigh is expected to debut at Platform this summer. The salon, currently located at 8490 Honeycutt Road in North Raleigh, is known for its nail art and manicures.
Company that makes grooming products goes coast to coast
California-based Dollar Shave Club is opening a new headquarters in Durham.
Back in 2012, the company then known as DollarShaveClub.com dropped an advertisement with some choice language, and it went viral. To date, it has more than 28 million views on YouTube.
Dollar Shave Club has been under different ownership over the years, its prices have increased and its product lines expanded.
This move to North Carolina, and specifically, to the American Tobacco Campus, is its latest change.
Breakfast is getting more expensive
No, it’s not just you. Your morning meal really does cost more.
Biscuitville, the North Carolina-based restaurant chain, started tacking 50 cents onto the cost of every egg served amid a nationwide egg shortage resulting from avian flu.
The change, which went into effect Feb. 20, is “temporary,” Biscuitville said, and is in place for all locations.
There are several Biscuitville restaurants in Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Fuquay-Varina.
Biscuitville isn’t the only chain to charge more for eggs. Waffle House and Denny’s also raised their prices.
A new wholesale club for the Triangle?
BJ’s Wholesale Club recently purchased some land in Johnston County — just under 13 acres, to be precise.
The property is in Selma’s Eastfield Crossing development, which is already filling with tenants such as Ulta Beauty, Hobby Lobby and Academy Sports + Outdoors. It’s also where Target will open a new store.
BJ’s has not yet announced plans to open a store in Selma, but it would be the fifth in the Triangle, joining locations in Raleigh, Cary and Garner.
This story was originally published March 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM with the headline "2 popular retailers are closing Triangle stores & an NC chain charges more for eggs."
