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These 4 Kansas City-area grocery store chains will close for Easter 2026

Customers shop at a Northland Aldi in this file photo. Aldi is one of four grocery store chains in the Kansas City area to close on Easter 2026.
Customers shop at a Northland Aldi in this file photo. Aldi is one of four grocery store chains in the Kansas City area to close on Easter 2026. along@kcstar.com

If you run out of candy or carrots for Easter, here are the Kansas City-area grocery stores open on April 5, 2026.

Various grocery stores will be open on Sunday on both the Missouri and Kansas sides, including Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs and Lenexa.

There’s rain in the forecast for the weekend, but in between the showers, you can take a photo with a public preview of Parade of Hearts installations, listen to a Plaza landmark ring again or giggle at a misshapen lamb cake .

These grocery stores will be closed on Easter:

These grocery stores in the Kansas City area will be open with regular or reduced hours on Easter. Some departments, like their delis and pharmacies, might be closed or operating on reduced schedules, so check with the store for exact hours.

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Eleanor Nash
The Kansas City Star
Eleanor Nash is a service journalism reporter at The Star. She covers transportation, local oddities and everything else residents need to know. A Kansas City native and graduate of Wellesley College, she previously worked at The Myrtle Beach Sun News in South Carolina and at KCUR. 
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