If you are patronizing any pharmacy that has/will close, expect to start getting emails, letters, etc.. communication(s) from your insurance/PBM promoting moving your meds over to their mail-order pharmacy. They will tell you how convenient their mail-order service is – they won’t tell you that your medications will often be subjected to temperatures that are outside those required/recommended by the FDA, USP, and NF.  They won’t mention that trying to get a solution to any problem you might encounter, you will be interacting with a nameless, faceless person working in a pharmacy that could be 1000’s miles away. If you don’t get your meds on time, they will tell you that they will pay for you to get them filled at a “local pharmacy”, which there is none left in your town, and the closest is maybe 30-50 miles away.

Rite Aid to shutter 53 more stores across 9 states

https://drugstorenews.com/rite-aid-shutter-53-more-stores-across-9-states

Rite Aid is reportedly closing stores in California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, per a report in The Hill.

Rite Aid will close 53 more store locations across nine states, adding to the approximately 200 it has closed since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, per a report in The Hill.

After filing for bankruptcy protection in mid-October, Rite Aid announced the closures of more than 150 stores across 15 states. In late November, the retailer announced the closures of another 31 stores. More stores were closed at the beginning of this year.

[Read more: Rite Aid divesting majority of Health Dialog assets]

A full list of closures is outlined in court documents released this month.

California

• 1208 West Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena, California
• 1700 W Whittier Boulevard, La Habra, California
• 15924 Bellflower Boulevard, Bellflower, California
• 16491 Lakeshore Drive, Lake Elsinore, California
• 334 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California
• 5610 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California
• 37950 47th St E, Palmdale, California
• 7224 Broadway, Lemon Grove, California
• 1030 South White Road, San Jose, California
• 14727 Rinaldi Street, San Fernando, California
• 7211 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove, California
• 439 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, California
• 1650 Decoto Road, Union City, California
• 888 Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, California
• 35946 Winchester Road, Winchester, California
• 3941 Spring Road, Moorpark, California
• 4037 Ball Road, Cypress, California
• 2500 North 10th Avenue, Hanford, California

Maryland

• 250 Englar Road, Ste 22, Westminster, Maryland

Massachusetts

• 10 Stafford Road, Fall River, Massachusetts

Michigan

• 42481 West 13 Mile Road, Novi, Michigan
• 11743 15 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, Michigan

New Jersey

• 235 N Maple Ave, Marlton, New Jersey
• 7835 Maple Avenue, Pennsauken, New Jersey
• 480 North Beverwyck Road, Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

New York

• 139 Ronkonkoma Avenue, Lake Ronkonkoma, New York
• 283 West Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, New York
• 47 Niagara Street, Tonawanda, New York
• 2047 Sheridan Drive, Buffalo, New York
• 1910 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, New York
• 960 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, New York
• 459 South Transit Street, Lockport, New York
• 3249 Sheridan Drive, Amherst, New York
• 218-35 Hempstead Avenue, Queens Village, New York
• 1825 Brentwood Road, Brentwood, New York
• 95-14 63rd Drive, Rego Park, New York
• 2271 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, New York
• 592 East 183rd Street, Bronx, New York

Ohio

• 2840 Youngstown Road SE, Warren, Ohio
• 501 East Emmitt Avenue, Waverly, Ohio

Pennsylvania

• 6744-46 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 118 Eagleview Boulevard, Exton, Pennsylvania
• 6731 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 2131-59 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 124 South Front Street, Steelton, Pennsylvania
• 510 East Baltimore Pike, Media, Pennsylvania
• 4551 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
• 1536 North Atherton Street, State College, Pennsylvania
• 3807 Lincoln Highway, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
• 1200 West Market Street, York, Pennsylvania
• 6201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 120 South Mill Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Virginia

• 1808 Salem Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia

A Rite Aid spokesperson provided Drug Store News with the following statement:

“Rite Aid regularly assesses its retail footprint to ensure we’re operating efficiently while meeting the needs of our customers, communities, associates and overall business. In connection with the court-supervised process, we notified the Court of certain underperforming stores we are closing to further reduce rent expense and strengthen overall financial performance. At this time, we have not made or confirmed any decisions on additional specific store closures as part of our financial restructuring process.”

The company added:

• The decision to close a store is not one we take lightly. The Company, with the assistance of its advisors, carefully considers various factors in its decision-making, including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance.
• For our customers, we make every effort to ensure they have access to pharmacy-based health services, whether at another Rite Aid or other nearby pharmacy, and we work to seamlessly transfer their prescriptions to ensure there is no disruption of service.
• For our associates, we strive to transfer them to other Rite Aid locations where possible. In fact, approximately 75% of our associates have accepted opportunities to transfer locations if their store has been or is part of the ongoing store closures.

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