Closure Pinpointed For Brookfield Location In Fading Pharmacy Chain

BROOKFIELD, CT — Closing dates for four more Rite Aid stores in Connecticut — including Brookfield — have been pinpointed.

The specific closures were confirmed in court documents that were made public this week and by staffers answering phone calls to the respective stores.

All prescriptions are being transferred to the "closest" CVS pharmacies, staffers across the state have said.

Based on staff input, the latest Rite Aid closures are:

• Brookfield, 215 Federal Road — The pharmacy is to be shut down in July and the entire store is on tap to close in August.
• Ridgefield, 125 Danbury Road — The entire store is to be shuttered next month.
• Wallingford, 605 N. Colony Road — The pharmacy is scheduled to close on the week of July 13 and the front of the store is slated to go dark on Aug. 24.
• Wolcott, 744 Wolcott Road — The pharmacy is scheduled to be shuttered on July 21 and the remainder of the store is to be closed in August.

In May, the once-mighty pharmacy chain filed for bankruptcy for the second time in less than two years.

The company listed liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion in a Chapter 11 petition filed in New Jersey bankruptcy court.

The previous restructuring by Rite Aid reduced the pharmacy chain's debt but still left it on shaky financial footing.

Rite-Aid operated about 2,000 pharmacies as recently as 2023.