The last time I stocked shelves at a grocery-chain-closure site, the manager’s voice cracked when he told us-*”We’re not just downsizing. We’re disappearing.”* That moment didn’t feel like a corporate announcement; it felt like a community’s slow-motion funeral. Just days later, a 111-year-old regional chain-let’s call them Midwest Grocers-released their 2026 shutdown plan: 30 stores […]