on july 25, 2009, shaw's closed its bristol and shelton, connecticut stores. in early 2009, shaw's had closed stores in gorham, new hampshire, and bangor, maine. the largest round of closings was in 2010; shaw's announced in february that it would sell or close its 18 remaining connecticut stores. eleven of those were sold to new jersey-based wakefern, operator of shoprite and pricerite supermarkets; and 5 to stop & shop. one of the remaining two ultimately also became a stop & shop, while the other was subdivided for a supervalu-owned save-a-lot. in addition to the store closures, in late march 2010, shaw's eliminated about 4% of its full-time workforce, which amounted to nearly 650 jobs spread out over the about 120 non-union stores.