‘Big inconvenience’: Shoppers react to Milwaukee-area Pick ‘n Save closures
Web Photo
The grocery store chain confirmed Monday that five stores in Milwaukee County will close.
On Monday, June 23, 2025, the parent company of Pick ‘n Save announced it is closing five stores in the Milwaukee area.
The impacted Wisconsin stores include:
• 1735 W. Silver Spring Drive, Glendale • 3701 S. 27th Street, Milwaukee • 2355 N. 35th Street, Milwaukee • 2931 S. Chicago Avenue, South Milwaukee • 2320 W. Ryan Road, Oak Creek.
The closures are a part of a restructuring effort by Kroger, the parent company of grocery chains Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market. Kroger plans to close 60 of its stores nationwide over the next 18 months. Five happen to be in southeast Wisconsin.
“It’s going to be a big inconvenience for us,” said Jeffrey Walker, who shops at the Pick ‘n Save on 35th Street.
WISN 12 News spoke to shoppers who learned Monday their grocery store’s days were numbered.
“You always hate to hear when a business has to close. It’s hard on the community and it’s hard on the business,” said Susan Luling, who shops at the Ryan Road location.
A Pick ‘n Save spokesperson, in a statement to WISN 12 News, said, “We will offer each impacted associate the opportunity to transfer to a nearby location. This closure is part of a larger companywide decision to run more efficiently and ensure the longterm health of our business.”
“It’s disappointing. I did read about the closures in the news. I just wasn’t sure if this was one of them. So it makes me wonder which of the other ones here in town will be closing too. Because maybe my next choice will also be closed,” said Daron Hill, who shops at the Ryan Road location.
Deray Owens, shopping at the Pick ‘n Save on 35th Street, said he doesn’t have a second choice. The grocery store is just a few minutes away from his house.
“I don’t know what we’re going to do as a community, where we are going to go grocery shopping if they close it down. What, we’re going to go to corner stores and go grocery shopping? I don’t know,” Owens said.
Owens said he’s concerned for his older neighbors who count on the store being close.
“I don’t know what they’re going to do. Some of them come here on their electric chairs, just to come here and go to the grocery store, trying to do stuff on their own, productive. So, I don’t know,” Owens said.
Pick ‘n Save did not provide information Monday night about when the area closures would happen. According to Kroger’s announcement, it’ll be sometime over the next 18 months.
