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Rite Aid to close 13 more stores, including south Toledo location

Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October of 2023.

CLEVELAND — As Rite Aid continues to make its way through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, court filings reveal that 13 more stores are set to close, including three in Ohio.  

According to documents filed on April 16 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the following Ohio Rite Aid stores will be closing:

  • Massillon - 2110 Wales Ave. NE
  • Lakewood - 16207 Detroit Ave.
  • Toledo - 2450 South Reynolds Rd.

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On April 2, Rite Aid listed a total of 30 stores to be shuttered. That list included the location on East Emmitt Avenue in Waverly. One day later, the company filed a new list with six more store closings, including the Warren location on Youngstown Road SE. 

In an email to 3News, Rite Aid laid out their plan for shuttering the five Ohio stores:

  • Waverly
    • Last day of business for pharmacy: 4/22
    • Last day of business for front-end/store: 5/23
  • Massillon
    • Last day of business for pharmacy: 5/6
    • Last day of business for front-end/store: 6/13
  • Lakewood
    • Last day of business for pharmacy: 5/9
    • Last day of business for front-end/store: 6/13
  • Toledo
    • Last day of business for pharmacy: 5/9
    • Last day of business for front-end/store: 6/13
  • Warren
    • Last day of business for pharmacy: 5/14
    • Last day of business for front-end/store: 5/19 

Rite Aid also provided the below statement to 3News:

"Rite Aid regularly assesses its retail footprint to ensure we are operating efficiently while meeting the needs of our customers, communities, associates and overall business. In connection with the court-supervised process, we notified the Court of certain underperforming stores we are closing to further reduce rent expense and strengthen overall financial performance. At this time, we have not made or confirmed any decisions on additional specific store closures as part of our financial restructuring process."

An initial list of 154 Rite Aid locations to be closed was revealed last October, shortly after the pharmacy chain first filed for Chapter 11. Six of the 154 closings were in Ohio, including locations in Massillon and Youngstown.

In November 2023, Rite Aid announced 32 more store closings, including Broadview Heights, Canton, East Liverpool, Fairlawn and Willoughby. 

Rite Aid closed 55 more stores in late January, with 18 Ohio locations impacted. 

TEGNA's Andrew Weil contributed to this report.

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