American Freight Furniture and Mattress, a discount furniture and mattress chain, has commenced store closing sales at all of its 328 locations and online, Hilco Consumer-Retail announced last week. The company has six stores in New York state, including shops in Clay (4124 NYS 31) and Syracuse (2410 Erie Blvd East).

American Freight, a furniture chain, will close down sites from Sherman to Dallas as part of its effort to shutter 328 stores nationwide and its online service.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — The closure of 328 American Freight stores is underway, including the one location in Western New York. The American Freight location at 778 Niagara Falls Boulevard in North Tonawanda has started the closing process.

Franchise Group, which owns American Freight, announced it is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be shuttering all of the furniture store's 328 locations.

The Tacoma location of American Freight will close along with the other 327 stores in the United States. The parent company of the nationwide appliance and furniture store, Franchise Group, began Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in federal court in Delaware.

The store closing announcement comes days after American Freight's parent company announced restructuring as part of a bankruptcy filing.

The Ohio-based discount retailer is closing 328 furniture, appliance and mattress stores, including 10 in Southern California, the Orange County Register reported, citing an announcement by liquidator Hilco Consumer-Retail.