84 Lumber Closes 11 More Locations
60 more lose jobs at headquarters while dealer exits Oregon and Wisconsin
Source: PROSALES Information Service
Publication date: January 15, 2009
84 Lumber revealed today that it has closed 11 more yards and a component, effective Jan. 11. The decision affects about 125 employees.
Closings include stores in Redmond, Ore., and McFarland, Wis., with 84 Lumber effectively exiting both those markets and states. About six months ago, 84 Lumber also closed a component plant in McFarland.
Other closings include:
Stockertown, Pa., which will be consolidated into a store in Allentown, Pa.
Massillon, Ohio, which will be consolidated into a store in Macedonia, Ohio, serving the Youngstown market.
Georgetown, Del., which will be consolidated into a store in Milford, Del.
Savannah, Ga., which is being consolidated into a Beaufort, S.C. store.
Closings in Lafayette, Ind., and Washington Courthouse, Ohio, mark complete exits from those markets for the dealer.
In the Denver market, 84 closed its Henderson, Colo., store and truss plant, leaving the dealer with just one location in the state, in Grand Junction.
Since Jan. 1, the company has also cut 60 more positions at its corporate headquarters in Eighty Four, Pa. Following the latest layoffs, about 350 employees now work at the location.
The latest round of job cuts is “across the board,” Jeff Nobers, vice president of marketing and corporate communications, told ProSales.
“We are still operating in the top 150 markets or better in the country. The bottom line is we not going to close a store if it’s making money. These are operations that were not profitable.”
84 Lumber maintains a policy that its stores require a minimum of 3,000 housing starts within a 25-mile radius of the location. Last month, 84 Lumber disclosed that as of Dec. 15, the company had closed five more yards and two component plants while cutting 28 positions at its headquarters.
In the past two and a half years, 84 Lumber has closed about 180 locations and 3,200 positions at the company. After the latest round, 84 Lumber operates 319 locations and six component plants in 35 markets. 84 Lumber ranked third on the 2008 ProSales 100 with 2007 total sales of $3.1 billion and 434 stores as of Dec. 31, 2007.
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Uh-oh. Since Haywards bit the dust, and Terry sold out to Stock, which then locked the gates, 84 is now the only game in town. Now I'm worried. Be pushing glue-lams down the aisle on a pipe-cart! (excuse me ma'am, coming though!)
"...craftsmanship is first & foremost an expression of the human spirit." - P. Korn
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nah. let the kids haul 'em out for ya. They do anything for a chance to get out of the building.
I was surprised that our local 84 store has not closed.
They took over a Payless store.
Never have seen more than 3 or 4 cars in the parking lots.
For many reasons I don't shop their often.
And when I do they rarely have what I want.
Of course I am looking for small quanity for repair of older stuff and not building new.
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
Seemed to me they were always more acclimated towards professional builders buying bulk and pursuing repeat sales instead of involving themselves with nickeldime repair stuff.
Always treated me well but figure the builder leaning was why their selection of aftermarket stuff was always so slim.
When the store first opened here they had kitchen cabinet display.But they have since gotten rid of that.I don't think that any clerks had any construction background. They did not even know about most of the stuff I asked for.And there service was lacking.I think that the only thing that I ever got there was a birch slab door rehung in a split jamb.HD & Lowes only had them in Laun.Sutherlands had a some, but wrong size or swing.Any 84 had one the right size and swing. In fact that might have been the only one that they had of any size. But it was "Open". Had the straps and keepers off of it. Said that I did not have room for it, but would stop by the next morning to get it, but they needed to put some strapping or tape on it to hold it together.Stop by the next mornign adn they told me to drive around to the back and someone would meet me.Waited and no one shows up. The big doors are open so I want down to the door. Nothing had been done. Then someone shows up, but does not know that I am there to get the door. And all of this with only 3 or 4 people in the whole place.Starts to grab the door and the frame starts flopping around.It happens as I walking into the place I see a display rack where someone just laid down some stretch wrap packing tape. Went and got that and secured the jamb and door..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
Ha. Starting to sound a bit like the bring yer own bag discount supermarket stores.
Could this be the future?
Most oft, depending on the help, I'd rather get the stuff myself anyhow. Old thread from years back 20802.94 shows why.