Save Mart Supermarkets, based in Modesto, recently purchased 132 Albertson’s stores in Northern California, including the Amador County store. It was announced last week that the Sonora store will be closed this coming Saturday leaving the Sonora area’s 65 employees without jobs. According to Save Mart spokesperson Alicia Rockwell the Jackson store will remain open and will slowly be converted over to a Save Mart store. Customers will not see a big difference in the store for at least three to four months. Employees here are also safe, says Rockwell, the purchase agreement for the stores included the employee positions and each employees now a Save Mart employee. There are no major plans to change the operations of the Amador County store, with the exception of the change of name and product content.