Walgreens Announces It Will Close 1,200 Stores Across US by 2027

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The move is part of a โ€˜footprint optimization programโ€™ initiated by the company, its CEO says.

Pharmacy chain Walgreens announced it will shut down 1,200 stores across the United States over the next three years.

Closures of Walgreens stores were announced in June, but the company had not disclosed the number of affected stores at that time. It had more than 8,000 stores in the United States as of Aug. 31 last year.

In a statement, the company said that as part of a โ€œfootprint optimization program,โ€ there will be about 1,200 closures around the country until 2027. That includes about 500 store closures in the fiscal year 2025, which will โ€œimmediatelyโ€ provide the company with some โ€œfree cash flow.โ€

โ€œOur financial results in the fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2024 reflected our disciplined execution on cost management, working capital initiatives and capex reduction,โ€ Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth said in the statement.

He said that in the next fiscal year, Walgreens will be โ€œfocusing on stabilizing the retail pharmacy by optimizing [the companyโ€™s] footprint, controlling operating costs, improving cash flow, and continuing to address reimbursement models to support dispensing margins and preserve patient access for the future.โ€

โ€œThis turnaround will take time, but we are confident it will yield significant financial and consumer benefits over the long term,โ€ said Wentworth, who was named chief executive officer in 2023.

Walgreens, like its competitors, has been struggling for years with tight reimbursement for the prescriptions it sells as well as other challenges such as rising costs to operate its stores. Drugstore chains have also been dealing with more competition from online retail giant Amazon, as well as Walmart and Target.

Rival CVS Health Corp. is wrapping up a three-year plan to close 900 stores. Another major chain, Rite Aid Corp., emerged from a bankruptcy reorganization earlier this year after whittling its store count down to about 1,300 locations.

Walgreens has also been backing away from a plan to add primary care clinics next to some of its stores after launching an aggressive expansion under previous CEO Rosalind Brewer.

Byย Jack Phillips

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