Aug 8, 2019 3:47 PM

There’s still no word on what Stop & Shop has planned for the King Kullen and Wild By Nature supermarkets in Hampton Bays.

Stop & Shop announced that the company had purchased the Long-Island based supermarket chain back in January, and had said that the transition was expected to be completed within the first quarter of 2019.

However, in an email last week, Stefanie Shuman, a Stop & Shop spokesperson, said that the company was continuing “to work through customary closing conditions,” noting that the transaction had “not yet closed.”

To date, Stop & Shop officials have declined to say whether the grocery chain plans to close any stores, specifically in Hampton Bays, which already has a Stop & Shop, in addition to a King Kullen and a Wild By Nature, all within two miles of each other.

“We have nothing new to share,” Ms. Shuman wrote in her latest email.

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman added that he has not been apprised of any plans regarding any of the Montauk Highway properties.

However, he explained that the existing King Kullen in Hampton Bays was built as part of a Planned Development District — a now defunct zoning tool — which essentially limits Stop & Shop from using the property for “anything other than another grocery store.” He added that the process to remove those restrictions “would not be a simple thing.”