Rite Aid has announced another round of closures across the country, including a couple in the Pittsburgh area.
Over 180 stores are closing nationwide, including 11 now in the Pittsburgh area.
The new locations affected locally are on the 4000 block of Second Avenue in Hazelwood and on the 600 block of Smithfield Street in Downtown Pittsburgh.
The previous locations that closed or are going to close:
Baldwin – Keeport Drive
Bethel Park – Library Road
Export – William Penn Highway
Greensburg – Route 30
New Kensington – Stevenson Boulevard
Moon Township – University Boulevard
New Castle – Wilmington Road
Pittsburgh - at the intersection of 88 and 51 on Saw Mill Run Boulevard
Rochester – Brighton Road
The Rite Aid at the Crafton-Ingram shopping center is also closed
Rite Aid says it will transfer patients' prescriptions to other pharmacies.
The chain has filed for bankruptcy due to declining sales, increasing debt and mounting lawsuits following the opioid epidemic.
Rite Aid is the third-largest drugstore in the country, behind Walgreens and CVS.
