A spray-painted message on the front of Cash Saver grocery store redirects shoppers to another option as the Ledbetter location closed its doors permanently this week. Photos of Cash Saver, one of the few grocery stores serving east Oak Cliff, were taken at 2130 E. Ledbetter Drive in Dallas on June 10, 2026.
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Outside a grocery store in Oak Cliff, a spray-painted message tells would-be shoppers to go elsewhere.
The Cash Saver store at the corner of East Ledbetter Drive and South Lancaster Road shut its doors this week. Visitors are being asked to go about three miles up the road to Food Basket.
The closure is another blow for residents who say they drive miles north to shop. Southern Dallas, which sees fewer grocery stores and limited quality food options, will have one less resource.
Management for the business did not respond to requests to comment. The property owner could not immediately be reached for comment. It’s unclear how many employees lost their jobs or why the store closed.
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In the area, Temeckia Derrough said she could only think of one Fiesta store about two miles north. Derrough, also an environmental commissioner for Dallas, noted that Paul Quinn College and UNT Dallas were nearby. However, she said, the area is judged by stereotypes that broadly label it as low-income, lacking education or not in need of economic development.
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“We are working people out here. We own our properties. We have children who go to college, who have good jobs,” Derrough said.
Cars passed through the parking lot and slowed going by the store on Wednesday. Inside, workers were clearing shelves out of the worn-out interior, including one woman who said she had been there decades, as oldies music hummed in the background.
Customers drive away after discovering their neighborhood Cash Saver grocery store was closed permanently this week. Photos of Cash Saver, one of the few grocery stores serving east Oak Cliff, were taken at 2130 E. Ledbetter Drive in Dallas on June 10, 2026.
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It’s about a seven-minute drive to Food Basket. It is a separate company but has the same owners as Cash Saver, A & S Supermarkets, said Josh Southers, manager for the Food Basket.
When the Food Basket store opened in 2023, the need for grocery options was evident as produce, meat and dairy flew off the shelves.
Southers worked for Cash Saver for several years. Now, he’s offered a few people from the shuttered store jobs. It’s sad to see the store go, he said, adding that sales at Food Basket have already been creeping up.
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Grocery carts in the stock area on the dock are filled with shelf items to be transported to another facility following the announcement that the Cash Saver grocery store located on Ledbetter Drive was closing permanently this week. Photos of Cash Saver, one of the few grocery stores serving east Oak Cliff, were taken at 2130 E. Ledbetter Drive in Dallas on June 10, 2026.
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“We’ve been planning the last couple days to get ourselves ready for the extra customers,” he said.
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Derrough said Cash Saver, while an option, didn’t have the same quality as stores further north. She and her family are able to drive up to a store near downtown or to the Pleasant Grove area to shop. But she was upset for her neighbors who use the store or walk to it.
“Our seniors, they don’t go far from the community,” Derrough said. As a commission representative, she said the dynamic is frustrating.
“We’re supposed to be bringing initiatives to increase access to food,” she said, adding that when stores like Cash Saver close down, it doesn’t align with the commission’s mission.
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Staff researcher Sarah Haldeman contributed to this report.
This reporting is part of the Future of North Texas, a community-funded journalism initiative supported by the Commit Partnership, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, the Dallas Mavericks, the Dallas Regional Chamber, Deedie Rose, Lisa and Charles Siegel, the McCune-Losinger Family Fund, The Meadows Foundation, the Perot Foundation, the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas. The News retains full editorial control of this coverage.