Bed Bath & Beyond is relaunching stores nationwide but excluding California, citing its costly, overregulated business environment. Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis called the decision non-political.

Bed Bath & Beyond announced that its comeback will not include locations in the largest state in the nation. Marcus Lemonis, Bed Bath & Beyond Executive Chairman said in a statement issued Aug. 20 that the company will not open a brick-and-mortar location in California.

Bed Bath & Beyond recently announced its comeback plans – the former retail giant filed for bankruptcy in 2023 – and they don’t include California. Just weeks after the home goods retailer opened its first new store in two years in Nashville, the company issued a special statement to report it wouldn’t open any stores in California.