Customers lament closing of Wedgewood, Capitol Hill QFC stores Deborah Horne Two QFC stores will close for good in Seattle Saturday. The parent company, Kroger, says it was pushed to close the underperforming stores when the City Council imposed $4 an hour more for front-line grocery workers. So many people say they will miss these stores. Their small size made them an intimate setting that neighbors say they cherished. This could be mistaken for just another store in a national grocery chain. But to those who shop here, this QFC is special. “I feel sad about it,” said Wen...