Walgreens and CVS close even more locations, from Monday
Communities are concerned about how residents will obtain their orders.
Store closings have dominated the news cycle this year, with more and more companies closing locations orgoing bankrupt for real. CVS and Walgreens are only two of the retailers who cut brick and mortar stores, but it is not a complete surprise. In November 2021, CVS announced that it would end900 stores During a three -year stay, and in 2019, Walgreens confirmed that200 stores would be Hisé. The two pharmacies remained faithful to these promises, and now they have confirmed which places are next to it. Read more to find out where Walgreens and CVS close the shop, starting on Monday.
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The fall was filled with pharmacie closings.
CVS closed several stores in the first half 2022, and the retailer continued the closingsthis autumn. A CVS store was closed in Fresno, California, in September, and places in Falls Church, Virginia, and Johnson City, Tennessee, were closed the following month.
Walgreens also made movements. Last week, the pharmacy chain announced aclosing arrow In five states, including several stores in the New York center region. The northern stores of Syracuse, Canastota, Auburn and Pulaski should close, although no date has been confirmed. The Walgreens in Dunkirk will see its last day on November 14, and the location in Cobleskill should be closed on November 15.
Four stores in the Louisville region, Kentucky, also released before the end of November, as is the individual locations in Tampa; Boston; And Craig, Colorado.
Walgreens provided reasons similar to all New York closings in particular, qualifying "difficult" decisions and adding that "a certain number of factors" have been taken into account.
This list of stores may seem quite long, but CVS and Walgreens now intend to add to it.
Another Walgreens is on the blockage.
Another New York Walgreens closes this time in Rochester. According toDemocrat and chronicle rockster, the store at the corner of Thurston Road and Brooks AvenueClose November 7.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
This will create a "pharmacy desert," reported the point of sale, a term applied to low-income areas without pharmacy within a half-mile to serve people without vehicles. A resident called for the “devastating” closure, especially for those who walk to obtain their prescriptions and other necessities - after Monday, the nearest Walgreens for residents will be two kilometers away.
According toDemocrat and chronicle rockster, the Walgreens are closed because it "does not process enough prescriptions".
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Additional Walgreens from the East Coast.
Thenext week, on November 15, the Walgreens in the Locust Point / Riverside district of Baltimore, Maryland, will have left for good, reported Southbmore.com. Asked about the closure, Walgreens provided a statement similar to that of Central New York stores.
"While we are going forward on our strategy to extend the role of Walgreens as a leader in the provision of health care, we focus on creating the right network of stores in the right places to best respond to needs of communities we serve ","Karen May, the main director of Walgreens Health Communications, told Southbmore.com.
"We have made the decision difficult to close this place. There are a number of factors that we take into consideration, including the dynamics of the local market and the evolution of our customers' purchase habits," said May.
A little further north, another Walgreens says goodbye in theMattapan district de Boston, by universal hub. The reports were confirmed by the city councilorBrian Worrell. As the Walgreens "serve so many people" in the region, officials have confirmed that they are considering other options to obtain prescriptions.
CVS has already deleted another location.
CVS does not slow down with the closures either, with a location inLacon, Illinois Having just been closed on November 3,Newspaper reported. As with Walgreens stores in Mattapan and Rochester, community members are concerned about the way the elderly will obtain their prescriptions without the location of Lacon.
Amy Thibault, a spokesperson for CVS, confirmed that the prescriptions will be transferred to another CVS, the closest of which is nine miles away, according to theStar newspaper.
"Our teams continue to provide the community with exceptional service in these places," said Thibault at the point of sale.
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Some closures are simply temporary.
While the location of Illinois is completely closed, the residents of Kansas City, Missouri, have access to their local CV, but not to their prescriptions. According to KMBC 9 affiliated with ABC, the pharmacy on State Line Road and Blue Ridge Boulevard was open on Oct 28Pharmacy department, customers saw a sign that said it was "temporarily closed due to non-personal".
The Missouri Pharmacy Association told KMBC 9 that this problem was part of a broader trend across the country: many have seen hours of pharmacy or no pharmacist due to inflation and reimbursement problems insurance.
However, in a press release at the point of sale, a spokesperson for the CVS said that the company did not face the shortages of staff in the Kansas City region.
"Our pharmacy teams have been on the front line of the pandemic response for almost three years, administering COVVI-19 tests and providing vital vaccinations," the statement said. "We have managed to guarantee that our stores and pharmacies remain open to help support our customers, patients and communities and do not encounter any endowment problems in Kansas City."
