Editing Pueblo Supermarkets (section)

=== Closure ===
On June 3, 2013, it was reported that Blockbuster had spent some past three months quietly closing its stores in Puerto Rico, a market it would possibly be exiting that summer. Since January of that year, the chain had closed several stores, such as in [[Plaza Rio Hondo|Plaza Río Hondo]] and the [[San Patricio Plaza]], and that past week it had begun liquidating stores in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico|Caguas]], [[Cupey, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Cupey]], De Diego Avenue in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Plaza Carolina]] and Rexville Plaza in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]. During an informal round of the stores that were holding close out sales, it was confirmed that most, if not all locations would be shuttered by August of that year. The Blockbuster chain had undergone a significant transformation about four years earlier, when local franchisee BB Entertainment of Puerto Rico, LLC, which was headed by entrepreneur Susana Santamaría, invested about $1 million to purchase 13 locations from the Colorado-based corporation. That transaction, which secured the Blockbuster operation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, markedly whittled down the chain’s presence from the 40 stores it had at the height of its success. By this point the chain had already closed stores in [[Hato Rey]], [[Isla Verde, Puerto Rico|Isla Verde]], [[Plaza del Norte]] in San Juan, [[Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Fajardo]], [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]], and [[Aguadilla, Puerto Rico|Aguadilla]]. The closings of local Blockbuster locations in Puerto Rico and the USVI mirrored what has been taking place stateside, where parent company [[Dish Network]] had announced that January that it planned to shutter 300 stores across the U.S. "soon."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-03 |title=Blockbuster reportedly exiting Puerto Rico market |url=https://newsismybusiness.com/blockbuster-reportedly-exiting-puerto-rico-market/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=News is My Business |language=en-US}}</ref> By June 20, 2013, it was reported that after almost four years of having acquired the Blockbuster store chain in Puerto Rico, Susana Santamaría would be closing the following month the last stores that were still open.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-20 |title=Blockbuster se despide |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/banca-finanzas/notas/blockbuster-se-despide/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=El Nuevo Día |language=es}}</ref>