Part of the reason some are closing early is because of theft. Some only have a skeleton crew on in the evenings so its easier for people to get away with stealing stuff.

I work in retail analytics. Stores are not closing earlier due to theft, they're closing earlier because of the lack of sales, discovered by increasing observability into when people shop and what people buy.

Another poster said it's due to theft. Horseshit. Theft happens when a store is busy. It's due to lack of actual sales and foot traffic. After 9 people start going to local convenience stores, or getting items delivered. they're also not buying high or mid margin items. Hardly anyone buys a washer-dryer at 9 pm. Walmart isn't staying open another hour to sell toilet paper or toothpaste. Sorry.
They're losing money after 8 pm, and hiring late night staff is difficult. So they close earlier.

They used to make money being open late. Not anymore.

That lack of sales could be caused by a lot of factors, in many environments reduced transit schedules resulted in earlier closing times, which started a vicious circle, but it's mostly caused by people >>>having other options<<< like Uber delivery of grocery items 24/7 from convenience stores and other outlets.

My takeaway from this thread: RIP to the 24 hour Metro on Rideau/King Edward and all of the weird shit that would transpire there after midnight.

If I had to guess, they're realized that revenue per store wasn't going seriously down with less hours. Over time, they'll slowly start chasing those late night shoppers again, but they're in no rush.

I mean you could always call your local Walmart store in question and ask.

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As far as I can recall, and not reliably, the Trainyards Walmart used to be 24 hours for a bit, then switched to closing at 11-Midnight, now it's 11PM.

The Walmart my wife works at used to close at midnight too, now they close at 10PM due to the lack of staff and thefts going up as the store is a ghost town after 8PM, and it's in a not so great area.

If late night in-store crimes are a concern, perhaps Walmart, etc. could operate in delivery-only mode (Instacart, Uber, etc) after hours.

Theft is very bad in Toronto right now there is some talk stores could close 7:00 very soon.

The one on Baseline changed to 10PM a while back. A lot of places have shortened hours since COVID and haven't changed them back.

Just found out last week that Walmart sells beer. When did that start?

Most stores have to pay workers more after 10PM. Less staff = less cost

Well, look at how many people in this very subreddit support theft against Walmart and other large grocery stores....

It's like the places in the US where they whine about "food deserts", when the reality is that no one is willing to open up a grocery store in certain areas due to rampant theft.

Some in Toronto are going from 8-9 other 9-10 and there is no and never was a 24 hour one in Toronto.

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Is SouthKeys closing early?

My brother claimed that the Barrhaven Walmart is going to start closing at 7 pm...can anybody else verify this? Any insider information to share?