Lake County Commissioners are doing a version of “clean up on aisle nine” by asking Kroger to give back $1.3 million in economic incentives following the grocer’s announcement that it is closing its Groveland warehouse doors for its home-delivery service.

“We’ll be using that money to help with training and finding new jobs for the people who have lost their jobs,” says County Commission Chairwoman Leslie Campione after the commission’s Tuesday meeting.

About 1,400 jobs are being lost statewide, with more than 900 in Lake County.

The county offered the grant to Kroger and British grocery company Ocado for a 10-year period during the 2019 tax year.

It is not the only grant the county has issued. It also offered one for the Crooked Can brewery in Minneola and a rehabilitation center, for

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