Local closures expected as Advance Auto, Red Robin shutter stores

Advance Auto Parts is joining the growing list of retailers shuttering stores in Florida, and the burger chain Red Robin could soon join it.

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based parts retailer reiterated its plans to shut down underperforming stores in an end-of-year earnings report released last week, with its CEO saying 500 corporate-owned stores would be closing under a restructuring plan.

The company had said in November it was also closing 200 independently owned stores as well as four distribution centers. It currently operates 4,788 stores, with about 38 along the Gulf Coast.