All 31 locations of Benny's closing

[giantsfan2016]

The owner of the Benny's chain is retiring and shuttering all 31 stores.

http://www.wfsb.com/story/36323394/bennys-to-close-all-its-31-stores-in-southern-new-england

[JJBers]

Luckily I took some photos afterwards...
One north of Danielson:

Danielson, Connecticut by JJBers, on Flickr
One in South Killingly:

Killingly, Connecticut by JJBers, on Flickr

[JJBers]

Quick update, Groton, CT closed today, and Fairhaven, MA closes tomorrow. http://wpri.com/2017/10/19/bennys-locations-dwindle-as-end-of-the-year-draws-near/
Luckily for Groton, I caught possibly the last photo of the store open:

Benny's (Groton, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr
Here's also a couple for Norwich, CT:

Benny's (Norwich, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr

Benny's (Norwich, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr

[JJBers]

And now here is some photos of the closed Danielson location (it closed on Oct. 6):
The sign:

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr
The front of the store:

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr
The side, plus auto zone:

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr
The front entrance:

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr
A little note:

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr
Silly them, Norwich is closed too!:

Closed Benny's (Danielson, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr

[JJBers]

Coventry, RI closed today, leaving the chain in the single digit store count. 

[JJBers]

And more stores are closed yesterday (11-16-2017), leaving the count down to 5: article
This means Benny's only has one store in Massachusetts, and four in Rhode Island
Closed locations: The other Cranston, RI location, Fall River, MA (I almost went there), Plymouth, MA, and Dennisport, MA.
Benny's website hasn't even updated the closed locations yet too. Also for above, correction it was Coventry, not Cranston

[JJBers]

Here's a list of the five open locations

• Providence
• Smithfield (Greenville)
• East Greenwich
• South Kingstown
• Taunton

All in Rhode Island

[JJBers]

2 things happened today:
Firstly, I took photos of one of the 5, 3 remaining locations of Benny's, this one was in Greenville, RI:

Benny's (Greenville, Rhode Island) by JJBers, on Flickr

Benny's (Greenville, Rhode Island) by JJBers, on Flickr
Secondly, Benny's has announced that 2 more locations will be closing down on Monday (Nov. 27), East Greenwich and South Kingstown, leaving the store count down to 3: http://wpri.com/2017/11/24/2-more-bennys-stores-closing-on-monday-leaving-only-3-still-open/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI (The one I just took photos of)
Providence, RI
Raynham, MA

[JJBers]

Secondly, Benny's has announced that 2 more locations will be closing down on Monday (Nov. 27), East Greenwich and South Kingstown, leaving the store count down to 3: http://wpri.com/2017/11/24/2-more-bennys-stores-closing-on-monday-leaving-only-3-still-open/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI (The one I just took photos of)
Providence, RI
Raynham, MA

Now we're down to two locations, with Raynham's location closing tomorrow (Nov. 30). This also means that Benny's will be pulling out of Massachusetts too. Link: http://turnto10.com/news/local/only-3-bennys-remain-open

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI
Providence, RI

[JJBers]

Secondly, Benny's has announced that 2 more locations will be closing down on Monday (Nov. 27), East Greenwich and South Kingstown, leaving the store count down to 3: http://wpri.com/2017/11/24/2-more-bennys-stores-closing-on-monday-leaving-only-3-still-open/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI (The one I just took photos of)
Providence, RI
Raynham, MA

Now we're down to two locations, with Raynham's location closing tomorrow (Nov. 30). This also means that Benny's will be pulling out of Massachusetts too. Link: http://turnto10.com/news/local/only-3-bennys-remain-open

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI
Providence, RI

This is it, Greenville will be the last location open starting tomorrow (Dec. 7): http://wpri.com/2017/12/05/bennys-on-branch-ave-to-close-thursday-leaving-only-1-store-still-operating/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI

In other news, I took some photos of the vacant South Killingly location:

Benny's (South Killingly, Connecticut) by JJBers, on Flickr

[JJBers]

Secondly, Benny's has announced that 2 more locations will be closing down on Monday (Nov. 27), East Greenwich and South Kingstown, leaving the store count down to 3: http://wpri.com/2017/11/24/2-more-bennys-stores-closing-on-monday-leaving-only-3-still-open/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI (The one I just took photos of)
Providence, RI
Raynham, MA

Now we're down to two locations, with Raynham's location closing tomorrow (Nov. 30). This also means that Benny's will be pulling out of Massachusetts too. Link: http://turnto10.com/news/local/only-3-bennys-remain-open

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI
Providence, RI

This is it, Greenville will be the last location open starting tomorrow (Dec. 7): http://wpri.com/2017/12/05/bennys-on-branch-ave-to-close-thursday-leaving-only-1-store-still-operating/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI

It's over... Benny's is shutting down it's last store in Greenville, RI on Monday (Dec. 11). I guess this is the end of a era for us locals out here.  :-(
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20171208/bennys-will-close-its-last-store-on-monday

Locations still open:
None

[JJBers]

Secondly, Benny's has announced that 2 more locations will be closing down on Monday (Nov. 27), East Greenwich and South Kingstown, leaving the store count down to 3: http://wpri.com/2017/11/24/2-more-bennys-stores-closing-on-monday-leaving-only-3-still-open/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI (The one I just took photos of)
Providence, RI
Raynham, MA

Now we're down to two locations, with Raynham's location closing tomorrow (Nov. 30). This also means that Benny's will be pulling out of Massachusetts too. Link: http://turnto10.com/news/local/only-3-bennys-remain-open

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI
Providence, RI

This is it, Greenville will be the last location open starting tomorrow (Dec. 7): http://wpri.com/2017/12/05/bennys-on-branch-ave-to-close-thursday-leaving-only-1-store-still-operating/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI

It's over... Benny's is shutting down it's last store in Greenville, RI on Monday (Dec. 11). I guess this is the end of a era for us locals out here.  :-(
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20171208/bennys-will-close-its-last-store-on-monday

Locations still open:
None

Well, as of 40 minutes ago, Benny's officially shut down for good, with their last location being located in Greenville, Rhode Island. (5pm, December 11, 2017)
I guess this ends this series on Benny's closings.

[JimSawhill]

Secondly, Benny's has announced that 2 more locations will be closing down on Monday (Nov. 27), East Greenwich and South Kingstown, leaving the store count down to 3: http://wpri.com/2017/11/24/2-more-bennys-stores-closing-on-monday-leaving-only-3-still-open/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI (The one I just took photos of)
Providence, RI
Raynham, MA

Now we're down to two locations, with Raynham's location closing tomorrow (Nov. 30). This also means that Benny's will be pulling out of Massachusetts too. Link: http://turnto10.com/news/local/only-3-bennys-remain-open

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI
Providence, RI

This is it, Greenville will be the last location open starting tomorrow (Dec. 7): http://wpri.com/2017/12/05/bennys-on-branch-ave-to-close-thursday-leaving-only-1-store-still-operating/

Locations still open:
Greenville, RI

It's over... Benny's is shutting down it's last store in Greenville, RI on Monday (Dec. 11). I guess this is the end of a era for us locals out here.  :-(
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20171208/bennys-will-close-its-last-store-on-monday

Locations still open:
None

Well, as of 40 minutes ago, Benny's officially shut down for good, with their last location being located in Greenville, Rhode Island. (5pm, December 11, 2017)
I guess this ends this series on Benny's closings.

I wonder what will move into those stores...

[JJBers]

This is from my flickr album on Benny's.

This was a family owned store chain based out of Rhode Island and operated in Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut, and Southeastern Massachusetts.

Benny's was founded in 1924 in Providence, RI. It slowly expanded across the region in the coming decades. But as time went on, the influence of larger discount stores grew in the 1980's and 90's, Benny's manged to survive, mostly bleeding far out stores.

Then Amazon came in. Coming into their 90th anniversary, Benny's must've faced some troubles, and closed a couple of stores. Out of nowhere, on September 12, 2017, just two months shy of their 93rd year, Benny's announced they're closing all 31 stores by the end of 2017. Slowly as October passed on, the store count shrank from 30 to 15. By their actual 93rd anniversary on November 10, they were down to just 9 stores.

On December 11, 2017, Benny's shut down it's last location in Greenville, Rhode Island. The stores are slowly being converted to various other retail.