The Whole Foods Market at National and Barrington will close its doors for good this Sunday, October 12, marking the end of a long-running neighborhood grocery store that has served the Westside for decades. Customers online have expressed nostalgia and mild disappointment about losing a familiar spot, but what’s less visible are the workers whose lives are being upended by the change.

Store employees were told they would be offered transfers to other Whole Foods locations with similar hours and commutes, but some workers say that promise has not been kept. Instead, they have seen their schedules shifted in ways that make it difficult to accept the new placement, forcing them to search for stores much farther from home. For employees who live nearby and walk to work, the new assignments are often out of reach without a car or long public transit trips. A few said that after years of stability, they aren’t sure how they’ll get to work and stay employed with the company following the closure.

Regulars say employees began mentioning the store closure a year ago, and commenters on Reddit note that the lease expired and had been in transition for nearly two years. The space will be taken over by Lazy Acres Market, a smaller natural foods chain, which reportedly plans a full renovation before opening sometime next year. Whole Foods is planning a new store on Sepulveda and Palms, across from Trader Joe’s, but users familiar with the project say construction could take a year or more.