Since the well-dramatized surprise closing of the once-indomitable Buy for Less at N.W. 23rd and Penn, it seems as though the company has been in, what appears from the outside, an absolute freefall. As that building continues to still sit empty, rumors swirl as to the future of the once might discount giant and perpetual TLO grocery favorite.
Recently, tempers rightfully flared over on the Northeast side as an Uptown Grocery (Buy for Less’s upscale variation) proposed to replace the Buy for Less at N.E. 23rd and MLK (a.k.a. King’s Crossing) never materialized, instead becoming one of their weird, junky Smart Savers spin-offs.