WASHINGTON — As more customers choose to conduct their postal business online, on their smart phones and at their favorite shopping destinations, the need for the U.S. Postal Service to maintain its nearly 32,000 retail offices — the largest retail network in the country — diminishes. To that end, the U.S. Postal Service announced today that it will be taking the next step in right-sizing its expansive retail network by conducting studies of approximately 3,700 retail offices to determine customer needs. As part of this effort, the Postal Service also introduced a retail-replacement option for affected communities around the nation.

“Today, more than 35 percent of the Postal Service’s retail revenue comes from expanded access locations such as grocery stores, drug stores, office supply stores, retail chains, self-service kiosks, ATMs and usps.com, open 24/7,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. “Our customer’s habits have made it clear that they no longer require a physical post office to conduct most of their postal business.”

For communities currently without a postal retail office and for communities affected by these retail optimization efforts, the Postal Service introduced the Village Post Office as a potential replacement option. Village Post Offices would be operated by local businesses, such as pharmacies, grocery stores and other appropriate retailers, and would offer popular postal products and services such as stamps and flat-rate packaging.

“By working with third-party retailers, we’re creating easier, more convenient access to our products and services when and where our customers want them,” Donahoe said. “The Village Post Office will offer another way for us to meet our customers’ needs.”

With 32,000 postal retail offices and more than 70,000 third-party retailers — Approved Postal Providers — selling postage stamps and providing expanded access to other postal products and services, customers today have about 100,000 locations across the nation where they can do business with the Postal Service.

“The Postal Service of the future will be smaller, leaner and more competitive and it will continue to drive commerce, serve communities and deliver value,” Donahoe added.

The list of offices being studied and additional information, including video, audio soundbites, b-roll and JPEGs, can be found at http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedaccess/welcome.htm.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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Expanded Access study list
California
Office City zip
BLOCKSBURG BLOCKSBURG 95514
DOWNTOWN DAVIS DAVIS 95616
HONEYDEW HONEYDEW 95545
KNEELAND KNEELAND 95549
KORBEL KORBEL 95550
PHILLIPSVILLE PHILLIPSVILLE 95559
REDCREST REDCREST 95569
SAMOA SAMOA 95564
VETERANS HOME YOUNTVILLE 94599
WEOTT WEOTT 95571
RYDE RYDE 95680
COLMA DALY CITY 94014
LINDEN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 94080
LOMA MAR LOMA MAR 94021
SAN GREGORIO SAN GREGORIO 94074
COLONNADE SAN JOSE 95112
CHINESE CAMP CHINESE CAMP 95309
FISH CAMP FISH CAMP 93623
HORNITOS HORNITOS 95325
MOCCASIN MOCCASIN 95347
YOSEMITE LODGE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 95389
ARTOIS ARTOIS 95913
BIG BAR BIG BAR 96010
CALLAHAN CALLAHAN 96014
CASTELLA CASTELLA 96017
CHALLENGE CHALLENGE 95925
FORKS OF SALMON FORKS OF SALMON 96031
GRIMES GRIMES 95950
HAT CREEK HAT CREEK 96040
OLD STATION OLD STATION 96071
PASKENTA PASKENTA 96074
STIRLING CITY STIRLING CITY 95978
ZAMORA ZAMORA 95698
ZENIA ZENIA 95595
EAST BAKERSFIELD BAKERSFIELD 93305
HELM HELM 93627
BIG CREEK BIG CREEK 93605
POSEY POSEY 93260
YETTEM YETTEM 93670
DARWIN DARWIN 93522
FELLOWS FELLOWS 93224
TUPMAN TUPMAN 93276
VICTORIA COURT SANTA BARBARA 93101
TECOPA TECOPA 92389
TOPAZ TOPAZ 96133
ANTELOPE CITRUS HEIGHTS 95621
EASTGATE BEVERLY HILLS 90211
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION LOS ANGELES 90073
WESTSIDE PAVILION LOS ANGELES 90064
BALDWIN HILLS/CRENSHAW FINAN LOS ANGELES 90008
HOLLYWOOD PAVILION LOS ANGELES 90028
ARCADE LOS ANGELES 90013
ARCO LOS ANGELES 90071
BANDINI STATION BELL 90201
BUNKER RETAIL POSTAL STORE LOS ANGELES 90071
CUDAHY CUDAHY 90201
FEDERAL FINANCE STATION LA LOS ANGELES 90012
LUGO LOS ANGELES 90023
MARKET LOS ANGELES 90021
MAYWOOD MAYWOOD 90270
SOTO HUNTINGTON PARK 90255
STATE STREET HUNTINGTON PARK 90255
BROADWAY MANCHESTER LOS ANGELES 90003
CRENSHAW IMPERIAL INGLEWOOD 90303
MORNINGSIDE PARK INGLEWOOD 90305
NORTH INGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD 90302
ALLA VISTA LOS ANGELES 90066
DEL AMO TORRANCE 90503
LENNOX INGLEWOOD 90304
HUB CITY COMPTON 90220
NORTH LONG BEACH LONG BEACH 90805
WILLOWBROOK COMPTON 90222
CITY OF INDUSTRY LA PUENTE 91744
FIRESTONE SOUTH GATE 90280
HOLLYDALE SOUTH GATE 90280
ALLEGHANY ALLEGHANY 95910
CANYON DAM CANYON DAM 95923
CLIPPER MILLS CLIPPER MILLS 95930
DAVIS CREEK DAVIS CREEK 96108
EAGLEVILLE EAGLEVILLE 96110
FORT BIDWELL FORT BIDWELL 96112
GOLD RUN GOLD RUN 95717
GOODYEARS BAR GOODYEARS BAR 95944
KYBURZ KYBURZ 95720
LIKELY LIKELY 96116
LOOKOUT LOOKOUT 96054
MILFORD MILFORD 96121
NUBIEBER NUBIEBER 96068
RAVENDALE RAVENDALE 96123
SIERRAVILLE SIERRAVILLE 96126
TWAIN TWAIN 95984
TWIN BRIDGES TWIN BRIDGES 95735
WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 95986
OLIVE ORANGE 92857
PLAZA ORANGE ORANGE 92856
DOWNTOWN ONTARIO ONTARIO 91762
SAN BERNARDINO MO WINDOWS SAN BERNARDINO 92403
CENTER AVE HUNTINGTON BEACH 92605
MIDWAY CITY MIDWAY CITY 92655
TRADE CENTER LONG BEACH 90831
LAGUNA WOODS MOBILE UNIT LAGUNA WOODS 92637
PALA VISTA ANNEX VISTA 92084
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPO SAN DIEGO 92140
CAMP MEEKER CAMP MEEKER 95419
VILLA GRANDE VILLA GRANDE 95486
BAYVIEW SAN FRANCISCO 94124
CIVIC CNTR P O BOX UNIT SAN FRANCISCO 94102
FEDERAL BUILDING SAN FRAN SAN FRANCISCO 94102
MCLAREN STATION SAN FRANCISCO 94134
VISITACION STATION SAN FRANCISCO 94134
BYRON RUMFORD OAKLAND 94612
EASTMONT OAKLAND 94605