Walgreens in Morrisville to close June 30
WAYNESBURG – The Walgreens store in Franklin Township is one of about 200 stores across the country that will close as part of a company-wide restructuring.
The store at 1395 E. High St., in Morrisville, is scheduled to close June 30.
“The decision to close a store is never easy,” Emily Hartwig, a Walgreens spokeswoman, said Friday.
Hartwig could not give a specific reason why the Waynesburg store would close, but said the closing is part of a company-wide restructuring announced in April by Walgreens’ parent company, Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Pharmacy customers of the Waynesburg store will be mailed letters regarding their records, Hartwig said.
Pharmacy records will be automatically transferred to the Rite Aid Pharmacy across the street, at 1440 E. High St., she said.
“Customers can choose any pharmacy they wish, we just thought this would cause the least inconvenience at this point,” Hartwig said.
The nearest Walgreens stores to Waynesburg are in Washington, at 99 Jefferson Ave., 19 miles away; and Morgantown, W.Va., at 897 Chestnut Ridge Road, 20 miles away, according to Walgreens’ store locator.
Hartwig said she did not know the exact number of employees at the Waynesburg store, though a store of its size typically employs 15 to 20 employees.
Employees at the Waynesburg store are expected to be offered positions at other area stores, she said. Employees at the store Friday morning referred all questions to the corporate office.
The Waynesburg store opened in 2008. The property was formerly the site of three building that housed Amelia’s Restaurant, Frenchi’s Pizza and Walt’s Auto Clinic. As part of the store’s construction, the developer was required to make improvements to the Route 21 and Sugar Run Road intersection.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, based in Deerfield, Ill. announced it would close about 200 stores when it released its second-quarter earnings report in April.
The company had previously announced in August 2014 a three-year $1 billion cost-reduction plan. In its second-quarter report, the company said additional costs savings, including the store closings, would increase the expected costs savings by $500 million.
The company operated 8,232 retail pharmacies, both the Walgreens and Duane Reade brands, in the United State, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.