From the Toledo Blade:
The Andersons general stores, a Toledo, Ohio retail icon that for seven decades operated quirky general stores that offered shoppers a mix of everything from drywall to produce to fine wines, soon will be no more.
The Monclova Township-based company announced Jan. 15 that it plans to vacate the retail business by eliminating its money-losing retail division and closing its four stores between April and June. It has two Toledo-area stores and the two in Columbus that employ 1,050 full-time and part-time workers.
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