Sprouts Closing Three Austin Stores

PHOENIX — Sprouts Farmers Market announced today that it is closing three of the six stores it currently operates in Austin, Texas.

"Three stores — Rollingwood, Sunset Valley and Anderson Lane — will be closing no later than December 18," Kim Rockleigh, spokesperson for the chain, told SN in an email.

"Austin is a great market for Sprouts and our locations in South Lamar, Great Hills and Round Rock will remain open for a long time to come," she continued.

Sprouts announced the closings earlier in the day in a two-part tweet to its followers on Twitter. In the announcement, it stated that employees of the three stores that are closing would be assigned to other stores.