CLEVELAND, Ohio - Earth Fare, the grocery chain that specializes in natural and organic foods, is closing.

The company's Greater Cleveland stores are at 3450 Westgate, Cleveland; 3737 W. Market St., Akron; and 3939 Everhard Road NW, North Canton.

The Asheville, North Carolina-based company operated more than two dozen stores, with most concentrated in the southeastern part of the country. In addition to the three in Northeast Ohio, there were stories in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Kalamazoo, Michigan.

WLOS in Asheville confirmed the closing.

Earth Fare was founded in 1975.

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