A local group is trying to persuade Kroger to keep a store in Bluefield open.



The South Bluefield Neighborhood Association has launched a petition drive asking Kroger to not close the Cumberland Road store.

Media outlets report that the group held a rally Tuesday outside the store. Association members say they collected more than 100 signatures shortly after the rally began at noon.

The store employs 28 full-time and 26 part-time workers.

Kroger announced last month that it is closing the store and a bottling plant in Bluefield, Va., that employ a total 164 workers. Kroger spokesman Carl York said at the time that both operations have lost money for several years.

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