Are Grocery Stores Open on Easter? Find Out!

While we all tend to know the hours of our favorite stores, there’s no denying that whenever any holiday rolls around we begin to frantically go down the Google rabbit hole in searching to see if our favorite shopping destinations are open for business. We often find ourselves wondering are grocery stores open on Easter?

Many stores have begun to close their doors on the year’s biggest holidays including Christmas and Thanksgiving, but it’s impossible to keep track of which choose to observe the various holidays and which operate under normal or abbreviated business hours.

To help you identify which stores will be closed this Easter holiday and which you can count on for your last-minute Easter Day needs, with help from USA Today, we’ve rounded up a complete guide of which grocery and retail stores you can expect to be open and closed on Easter Sunday!

What grocery stores are open on Easter Day?

Realize you ran out of eggs to dye or forget to pick up your little one’s favorite Easter Day treat and find yourself in need of making a quick run to the store? Wondering “Are grocery stores open on Easter?” If you’re in a pinch and in need of some last-minute treats for your Easter celebration, consider heading out to one of these stores open on Easter Day:

7-Eleven
Acme
Albertsons
Bravo Supermarkets
City Market
Copps
Cub Foods
Cumberland Farms
CVS
Food Lion
Fred Meyer
Fresh Market
Fry’s Food Stores
Giant
Harris Teeter
Harveys Supermarket
Hy-Vee
Ingles
King Soopers
Kroger
Lucky Supermarkets
MAPCO
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Meijer
Pilot Flying J
Ralphs
Rite Aid
Safeway
Save A Lot
ShopRite
Smart & Final
Sprouts Farmers Market
Stop and Shop
Trader Joe’s
Walgreens
Walmart
Wawa
Wegmans
Whole Foods Market
Winn-Dixie

What grocery stores are closed on Easter Day?

On the flip side, if you’re in need of some treats for your Easter spread, you’re going to want to avoid these grocery stores which will all be closing their doors on Easter Day 2021:

Aldi  – Select locations open
Big Y
Costco
H-E-B
Natural Grocers
Publix
Sam’s Club
Target

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What retail stores are open on Easter Day 2021?

Of course, groceries aren’t the only reason we tend to go out on Easter Day as there are plenty of other needs we turn to stores such as Lowes, Best Buy, and HomeGoods to! If you’re in need of some retail therapy this Easter, these retailers will all be open on Easter 2021:

Academy Sports + Outdoors
Barnes & Noble
Bass Pro Shops
Bed Bath & Beyond
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Big Lots
Cabela’s
Dollar General
Dollar Tree
Family Dollar
Home Depot
Ikea
Menards
Old Navy
Staples
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Ulta

What retail stores are closed on Easter Day?

And then there are the retailers who will be closing their doors for the holiday meaning you’ll have to head out on Saturday to make a trip for what you need or wait until Monday when the stores below reopen:

Belk
Best Buy
Burlington
The Container Store
Costco
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Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dillard’s
Five Below
Hobby Lobby
HomeGoods
J.C. Penney
Joann Stores
Kohl’s
Lowe’s
Macy’s
Marshalls
Michaels
Natural Grocers
Nordstrom
Nordstrom Rack
Office Depot and OfficeMax
Party City
Ross
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Sam’s Club
Target
T.J. Maxx

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