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Rite Aid announced on its website that all locations will be closing.
Rite Aid customers will need to find a new pharmacy after the company announced Friday that it has officially closed all of its stores.
A Rite Aid store in Compton, California, is taking a dramatic step to combat shoplifting by placing nearly all its items behind locked cases, including paper goods and potato chips. Elise Preston has more.
Due to bankruptcies and other problems, retailers plan to close almost 3,200 stores this year, up 24% from a year ago.
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Some staff members at major U.S. pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS walked off the job this week over working conditions. The three-day walkouts that began Monday follow similar walkouts last month in Arizona, Washington, Oregon and Massachusetts. Shane Jerominski, a licensed independent pharmacist, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to shutter more than 150 U.S. stores while CVS and Walgreens also plan to shutter more than 1,500 pharmacies across the country. Public health experts warn these drugstores are closing in mostly low-income neighborhoods. Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, a family medicine and urgent care doctor, joined CBS News to discuss the issue.
Rite Aid said it plans to shutter 154 locations across the nation, with many of the stores slated for closure in California and Pennsylvania.
But the major pharmacy chain says the filing is part of a plan to bring it back to financial health.
Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy Sunday after ballooning debt and opioid-related lawsuits led to a more than 80% drop in stock prices.