Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens will have closed a collective 1,000 locations across the U.S. in 2025, and Delaware will feel the hit as stores shutter across the state.
Pharmaceutical giant Rite Aid announced it was closing 316 stores as it filed for its second bankruptcy on May 5, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY. The chain’s first Chapter 11 bankruptcy was in October 2023, when it said at the time it would shutter over 100 stores.
The news is the latest in a slew of big pharma stores making big changes. CVS plans to close 271 stores in 2025 — after spending several years shuttering around 900 already, a spokesperson told USA TODAY. Population shifts, consumer buying patterns and community health needs were among the factors to close stores, and not a response to industry pressures.
Walgreens has in recent years been struggling with sluggish consumer spending, and announced in 2024 it would close 1,200 “underperforming” stores over several years, with 500 in the fiscal year 2025. The move is part of a cost-cutting “turnaround plan” under CEO Tim Wentworth to help stabilize the store’s main retail pharmacy focus.
What Rite Aid stores are closing in Delaware?
Of the 316 Rite Aid stores closing nationwide, six are in Delaware:
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Laurel: 1120 South Central Ave.
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Millsboro: 24892 John J. Williams Highway
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Newark: 400 Peoples Plaza
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Newark: 4607 Stanton Ogletown Road
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Rehoboth Beach: 18898 Rehoboth Mall Blvd.
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Selbyville: 38169 Dupond Blvd.
In recent years, seven Rite Aid locations in Delaware have closed. As of May 30, Rite Aid had 29 locations listed in Delaware, per the company’s website. The locations that are expected to close still remain listed.
What CVS stores are closing in Delaware?
Of the 271 stores closing in fiscal year 2025, Newsweek reports none closing in Delaware. The state is home to 23 locations, and one in Wilmington shuttered in 2019.
What Walgreens are closing in Delaware?
The latest list of store closures does not include any in Delaware. However, Walgreens has shuttered multiple locations in Delaware in recent years, including five in 2023.
Walgreens currently operates 26 locations in the state, per the company website.
Lori Comstock is a New Jersey-based journalist with the Mid-Atlantic Connect Team.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens closing stores; Are there any in Delaware?
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