A mega-popular German grocery chain once planned for Alabama is closing five locations around the U.S.

Grocerydive.com said Lidl is closing one location each in North Carolina, South Carolina and New Jersey and two in Virginia. Operations are expected to end on July 16.

The closures come about five years after Lidl’s plans for its first Alabama store fell through. In 2018, Lidl pulled out of a deal to purchase 4.4 acres of property in Decatur in Morgan County and has not opened any stores in the state.

Lidl is expanding in some areas, however.

The chain recently opened two other locations – Washington, D.C. and Greensboro, North Carolina – which opened at the end of June. Lidl is also planning to build a 33,000-square-feet location in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City.

Lidl (the word rhymes with “needle”) made its first foray into the American market in 2017 when it opened nine stores along the East Coast. It now has about 170 locations.

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