9 New England Express Locations Closing Soon!

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So many of the big brands from our childhood are folding. Blockbuster, Pier 1, Kay Bee Toys: gone, gone, gone. Next up on the struggling brands list? Express.

There are 9 New England Express locations closing soon.

For years Express has been selling trendy clothes for trendy kids. Express has always been intimidating to me. I'm sure it dates back to my middle school days when my friends and I would hit the mall - to uhhhh - just walk around and around and around. All the cute girls in my town frequented Express so I rarely even looked in the store. Because even though I was basically at the mall to flirt with girls, I was also a giant chicken. I never set foot in an Express until I had my own daughters. Once I went in there with them I realized how silly my longstanding fears were.

Anyway, enough Express flashbacking and more deets: Express, which is the parent company of Bonobos and UpWest, released a statement on Monday revealing plans to close 95 stores nationwide. 9 of those will be in New England. 3 of Massachusetts 15 locations will be closed for good. Express has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut will close in New England. The list of locations revealed by the retailer is below:

9 New England Express Locations Closing Soon:

In Danbury Fair - 7 Backus Ave. Danbury, CT
1098 North Dartmouth Mall - North Dartmouth, MA
400 Bald Hill Rd - Warwick, RI
In Settlers Green - 2 Common Ct. North Conway, NH
In Buckland Hills - 194 Buckland Hills Dr. Manchester, CT
125 West Main St. Westport, CT
109 Newbury St. Boston, MA
181 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich, CT
In South Bay Mall - 20-36 District Ave. Dorchester, MA

To see all the legal mumbo-jumbo about the bankruptcy filing in way more words than I will ever have motivation to read, GET IT HERE!

Heyyyyy... and speaking of saving money, here's a handy list that could save you some cash! It's wild how much McDonald's prices fluctuate from location to location! Read on to save on your fast food!

Expensive? McDonald's?

Have you noticed that everything seems to be getting more and more expensive these days? Whether it's due to inflation, or worse shrinkflation it seems like everywhere you look you're getting less and less for your buck. Add McDonald's to that mix as they have gone from one of the cheapest places to get a quick bite to one of the most expensive. In fact according to Business Insider the prices of a meal at McDonalds has risen by 100% in the last 10 years. That means prices have literally doubled (or McDoubled bwaaaaahahahahahaha).

A few weeks ago I started looking at the difference between prices at McDonalds now compared to 30 years ago back in the 90s. Of course the price had risen, but what I didn't expect was that it had risen WELL over inflation. That is except in one instance and that was with Happy Meals. While the cost of a Quarter Pounder, and every other item had tripled or more in 30 years the cost of a Happy Meal had remarkable stayed reasonably priced at only about $2 more than it was back in the 90s.

Or So I thought

Doing my due dilligence on the story I decided to not just look at the cost of Happy meals at the McDonalds closest to me in Waltham, but I decided to search through 23 of the top McDonald's in Massachusetts and see which one's had the cheapest and the most expensive prices. The answer honestly shocked me. I live in Lexington and many people, especially my cohosts, tell me that everything is overpriced and ostentatious there. Well turns out that's not the case. Here is a list of the top 23 McDonald's in Massachusetts ranked from most to least expensive. Where does yours rank?

My Criteria

I decided to rank them by how expensive their Happy Meals were. Why? Because the Happy Meal is still the most popular meal at McDonalds and since the Happy Meal is the only meal at McDonald's that is reasonably priced it's the best way to guage how expensive the McDonald's overall is.

MOST EXPENSIVE: McDonalds at 128 Broadway, Saugus, MA

Hamburger Happy Meal: $5.59
4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.49
6 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $7.69

22. McDonalds at 114 Broadway, Saugus, MA

Hamburger Happy Meal: $5.19
4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.19
6 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $7.69

21. McDonalds at 333 Montvale Avenue, Woburn, MA

Hamburger Happy Meal: $5.49
4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.09
6 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $7.59

20. McDonalds at 1750 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA

Hamburger Happy Meal: $6.19
4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.69
6 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.99

19. McDonalds at 197 California Street, Newton, MA

Hamburger Happy Meal: $6.19
4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.69
6 Piece McNugget Happy Meal: $6.99