Another Pittsburgh-Area Rite Aid Shutting Its Doors

PITTSBURGH, PA — Another Pittsburgh-area Rite Aid will close as the pharmacy chain continues its bankruptcy reorganization.

The Rite Aid on Clay Avenue in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, is the latest store slated for closure, according to federal bankruptcy filings.

Other Rite Aid locations up for sale in Western Pennsylvania include:

• Baldwin, Keepor Drive.

• Bethel Park, Library Road.

• Butler, Point Plaza.

• Moon, University Boulevard.

• Export, William Penn Highway.

• Greensburg, Route 30.

• New Castle, Wilimington Road.

• New Kensington, Stevenson Boulevard.

• Pittsburgh, Saw Mill Run Boulevard.

• Rochester, Brighton Avenue.

• Titusville, East Central Avenue.

• Downtown Pittsburgh, Smithfield Street.

• Hazelwood, Second Avenue.

• Penn Hills, Saltsburg Road.

As part of its financial reorganization plan, the company said in a statement that it plans to
accelerate its "footprint optimization plan."

Rite Aid did not indicate precisely how many of its stores would close under the plan, but previous reports indicated the company would shutter as many of 500 of its 2,100 locations in 17 states.