Rite Aid to 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.

Sandra Levy

4/10/2024

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.

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.