Rite Aid customers in Michigan and Ohio are being forced to scramble to find new pharmacies to fill their prescriptions after the drug company abruptly closed all of its stores in those states.
The company’s recent bankruptcy Documents to be submitted,this is Daily Mail Obtained, show Rite Aid has closed a staggering 74 stores since the start of August, all but two of which are in Michigan or Ohio.
The other two closures in August were in California and Washington state.
Since the pharmacy and convenience store chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2023, its store count has shrunk from 2,000 to about 1,100, according to the media report.
Total 234 Rite Aid Fourteen stores in Michigan and 183 in Ohio have already closed or are in the process of closing.
Rite Aid is struggling with debt and facing stiff competition from online pharmacies like Amazon. Under attack and Over 1,000 people He was sued for allegedly filling illegal prescriptions for opioids. The New York Times Reported.
In March, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Rite Aid and several of its subsidiaries, alleging that the company dispensed prescriptions for opioids in amounts that “clearly and, in many cases, contained multiple red flags indicating abuse.”
Other major convenience store and drug store chains across the country have also gone bankrupt. Dollar TreeFamily Dollar, Only 99 centsMany more retailers are closing thousands, if not all, of their stores.
About 2,600 retail store closures were recorded in the first four months of 2024, it said. Daily Mail.
“If current trends continue, approximately 8,000 animals will be lost by the end of the year,” the analysis said.
