Rite Aid To Close Store In Cheshire

CHESHIRE, CT — Rite Aid will be closing one of its two locations in Cheshire at the end of the month, company officials announced.

The Rite Aid store at 922 South Main Street in Cheshire will close, company spokesperson Terri Hickey confirmed to Patch. The Rite Aid at 180 Main Street will remain open.

“Like all retail businesses, we regularly review each of our locations to ensure we are meeting the needs of our customers, communities and overall business,” Hickey said in a statement. “During our December Q3 earnings call, we announced that we would be closing 63 stores across the U.S. – approximately 2 percent of our total locations.”

Hickey said there are no additional store closures planned in Connecticut at this time.

“A decision to close a store is one we take very seriously, and those decisions are based on a variety of factors that retail businesses consider such as overarching business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance,” Hickey said. “We review every neighborhood to assure our customers will have access to health services, be it at Rite Aid or a nearby pharmacy, and we work to seamlessly their prescriptions. In addition, we strive to transfer associates to other Rite Aid locations where possible. We look forward to continuing to serve our communities and expanding in new ways to new markets to become a pharmacy that serves customers nationally.”