About 130 in the state will be jobless by June 30
All 323 Dollar Express stores, including 15 in New Jersey, are going out of business but it might only be temporary.
Dollar Express is being purchased by Dollar General, which plans to close the stores while it refurbishes them, according to freep.com. An unknown number will re-open as Dollar General within six weeks.
About 130 Dollar Express workers in New Jersey will be put out of work, according to a WARN notices filed with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The New Jersey locations closing by June 30:
- Belmar
- Brigantine
- East Orange
- Elizabeth (2)
- Ewing
- Glassboro
- Hamilton (Mercer)
- Irvington
- Mount Holly
- Newark (2)
- Paterson
- Pleasantville
- Vineland
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