New Jersey store closures — October 2026

50 food and drink plants in 25 states have closed or set a 2026 closing date. Of the 34 whose source gives a reason, 14 are moving the work to other plants, the most common reason.

Crumbl, the pink-box cookie chain, is shrinking. Restaurant Business reported on October 19 that Crumbl has closed 65 locations since April 30 and opened 15, for 50 net closures.

Between Sept. 26 and Oct. 24, our weekly checks found 275 stores that 44 chains removed from their own online store locators, across 42 states.

At least 13 enclosed malls in 11 states closed their interiors in 2026 or, during 2026, set a date to close. Five more malls went into receivership, foreclosure or liquidation.

The brands are not filing; their operators are. Twenty-six franchisee bankruptcy filings by 21 operators this year across Popeyes, Applebee's, Subway, Hardee's, Carl's Jr., Wendy's, Denny's, Village Inn and more, every one anchored to a court docket.

43 independent and franchise-run grocery stores in our records have a 2026 closing date. Of the 25 that said why, 8 pointed to rising costs (utilities, meat, rent, wages), 8 to an owner retiring or leaving, and 7 to competition from larger chains.

We count 66 plants whose owners have set a closing date after October 19, across 26 states: 12 in October, 10 in November, 26 in December, 18 in 2027.

Twelve US building-products distributors, sawmills, cabinet plants, tile and window manufacturers closed or filed this year across 15 states, while Lowe's and Home Depot cut at head office instead of closing stores.

7-Eleven's parent announced in April that 645 North American stores would close in fiscal 2026, which runs from March 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027.

Picklr Inc., the franchisor behind The Picklr indoor pickleball clubs, filed for Chapter 11 in the Northern District of Texas on Oct. 9.

At least 117 brewery and taproom locations in 33 states closed, announced a closing or filed for bankruptcy in 2026. Many are a single taproom of a brewer that is still in business.

We can now name 190 of the U.S. cafes, across 31 states and Washington, D.C., up from 147 when this page was first published. Many closed the weekend of September 26.

Chip City, the New York cookie chain, closed all of its remaining shops at the end of business on Thursday, October 1, 2026, and confirmed it the next day.

We count 82 trucking companies that filed in 2026, from one-truck operators to regional fleets with more than a hundred trucks.

Sixteen grocery locations have a stated closing date, from this week into June 2027, across 11 states. Twelve are head-office decisions, four are independents.

Nineteen independent hardware stores, lumber counters and home centers closed or announced closing this year across 15 states, plus two Ace operators in Chapter 11. Most closed for want of a buyer, not for want of trade.