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Is your grocery store open on Christmas? This one chain may have holiday hours

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December 18, 2024

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Is your grocery store open on Christmas? This one chain may have holiday hours

As you’re doing the shopping for your Christmas dinner, you’d better make sure you have everything you need ahead of time.

Because if you find out you need something at the last minute, you’re not too likely to find a grocery store open nearby, at least not a major one.

We checked with the major grocery store and supermarket chains that operate stores in the mid-Hudson region, and the only one that might have hours on Christmas Day at select locations is ShopRite.

Karen O’Shea, a spokeswoman for ShopRite’s parent company, Wakefern, said many of their ShopRite stores are independently owned and operated by families, so holiday hours can vary at different store locations.

“We encourage ShopRite customers to check with their local store for holiday schedules,” O’Shea said.

Among other chains, Walmart stores in Fishkill, Monticello, Newburgh, Kingston, Middletown, Napanoch and Monroe will all be closed on Christmas.

The same goes for Hannaford Brothers, which has supermarkets in New Windsor, Walden, Wappingers Falls, Wallkill, Plattekill, Pine Bush, Highland and two locations in Kingston.

Price Chopper, known by the alternate name of Market 32 at some locations, will close all of its stores, including those in Newburgh, New Windsor, Poughkeepsie, Middletown, Warwick and Saugerties.

Christmas Day is also a holiday at Stop & Shop, which has stores in Newburgh, Washingtonville, Poughkeepsie (two locations), Monroe and Hyde Park.

Aldi will close all of its stores, including local ones in Central Valley, Kingston, Middletown, Monticello, Newburgh and Wappingers Falls.

Adams Fairacre Farms, a more locally-based chain with stores in Middletown, Kingston, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and the town of Wappinger, will also be closed on Christmas.

So if you find yourself needing some last-minute ingredient or menu item, you’ll have to head out to your nearest local, individually operated grocery store or convenience store and hope they’re open – or a ShopRite, if one is open near you.

Otherwise, you’ll just have to celebrate without.

Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com.