Rite Aid closing 17 Michigan stores bankruptcy filing. Here’s where
Rite Aid’s bankruptcy announcement earlier this week came with the promise that store closures would soon be imminent.
It was unclear at the time just how many of pharmacy chain’s more than 2,000 locations would be targeted, but Monday court filings identified 154 underperforming stores that Rite Aid plans to shutter.
Rite Aid filed Sunday for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the beleaguered company faces slumping sales and battles a slew of lawsuits over its accused role in fueling the opioid epidemic by illegally filling prescriptions for painkillers. As part of the process, Rite Aid revealed its intention to close an untold number of its stores across 17 states.
A Rite Aid spokeswoman did not immediately respond Wednesday morning to USA TODAY’s request to comment on the court filing about the store closures, which includes 38 in Pennsylvania, 31 in California, 20 in New York and 19 in Michigan. However, Joy Errico previously told USA TODAY that the company would transfer patients’ prescriptions to nearby pharmacies “so there is no disruption of services.”
Rite Aid, which has 45,000 employees, is also expected to give workers at closing stores the option to transfer to other locations “where possible,” Rite Aid said in a Sunday media release.
Michigan stores closing
- Clinton Township: 35250 South Gratiot Ave., 36485 Garfield Road
- Detroit: 1900 East 8 Mile Road
- Farmington Hills: 25922 Middlebelt Road
- Flint: 2838 East Court St., 1124 North Ballenger Highway
- Fremont: 924 West Main Street
- Garden City: 29447 Ford Road
- Grand Ledge: 715 South Clinton St.
- Greenville: 507 N. Lafayette St.
- Jackson: 3100 East Michigan Ave.
- Lansing: 2701 South Cedar St.
- Macomb: 15250 24 Mile Road
- Manistee: 1243 US 31 South
- Shelby Township: 51037 Van Dyke Ave.
- St. Johns: 109 North Whittemore St.
- Sturgis: 102 North Centerville Road
- Wixom: 47300 Pontiac Trail
- Taylor: 9155 Telegraph Road
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