Mollie Stone’s shutting down San Mateo store

Mollie Stone’s Market, a family-owned grocery store that has operated for 25 years in San Mateo, will close when its lease expires.

When that is or will be, the grocer did not share, but the San Mateo Daily Journal reported that the store would begin discounting merchandise thsi week and that the closure was likely to be within one to two weeks.

The grocery store chain announced the forthcoming closure Jan. 26 in a press statement, citing “changing market dynamics and infrastructure...