The 99 Ranch Market in Rose Pavilion will close for good on Dec. 5, and 54 workers there have been told their jobs end that day.
Tawa Inc., which operates the Asian supermarket chain as 99 Ranch Market, filed a layoff notice with the state for the store at 4299 Rosewood Drive under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, according to the California Employment Development Department's WARN report.
The filing lists a permanent closure affecting 54 employees, with a notice date of Oct. 26 and an effective date of Dec. 5. A second notice, for 49 workers at the chain's store at 4024 Grand Ave. in Chino, lists a Nov. 15 closing.
A company spokesperson confirmed the Pleasanton closure to the Pleasanton Weekly on Friday night. "This decision will optimize our store network and allocate resources more effectively to better serve our customers," the spokesperson said. The Los Angeles Times first reported the two closures Friday afternoon.
Two stores remain nearby
The chain will still have two supermarkets in the Tri-Valley, one at the Pacific Pearl center on Stoneridge Drive in east Pleasanton and one on Regional Street in downtown Dublin. The spokesperson told the Weekly the company remains committed to serving shoppers in the area through those stores.
The Rose Pavilion store, at Rosewood Drive and Santa Rita Road, opened in April 2010 in a space once filled by Levitz Furniture, making it one of the first Asian grocery stores in the Tri-Valley, the Weekly reported. The Pacific Pearl location followed in 2018.
