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Walgreens Closing 1,200 Stores: How Will FL Locations Be Affected?
Walgreens is closing about one in every seven stores in the U.S. Get the details here on how it might affect Florida sites.
FLORIDA — More than 1,200 Walgreens stores will close over the next three years as the struggling drug store chain attempts to complete a successful financial turnaround. The company said Tuesday that about 500 of the closures will occur in the current fiscal year, which began in September.
Walgreens did not reveal which locations will be shuttered. The chain has about 8,500 stores in the United States and more than 240 in Florida.
The closures were announced as the Deerfield, Illinois-based company reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3 billion. Still, Walgreens officials remained optimistic about the chain's long-term survival prospects.
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"This turnaround will take time, but we are confident it will yield significant financial and consumer benefits over the long term," Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth said in a statement.
Walgreens announced in June that a significant number of stores would be closing. At the time, Wentworth said, "We continue to face a difficult operating environment, including persistent pressures on the U.S.consumer and the impact of recent marketplace dynamics, which have
eroded pharmacy margins."
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According to the Walgreens website, the chain's Florida locations are in:
- Alachua
- Altamonte Springs
- Apopka
- Arcadia
- Atlantic Beach
- Auburndale
- Aventura
- Avon Park
- Bartow
- Belle Glade
- Belleair Bluffs
- Belleview
- Beverly Hills
- Big Pine Key
- Boca Raton
- Bonita Springs
- Boynton Beach
- Bradenton
- Brandon
- Brooksville
- Callahan
- Cape Coral
- Casselberry
- Champions Gate
- Chiefland
- Clearwater
- Clearwater Beach
- Clermont
- Clewiston
- Cocoa
- Cocoa Beach
- Coconut Creek
- Cooper City
- Coral Gables
- Coral Springs
- Crawfordville
- Crestview
- Crystal River
- Cutler Bay
- Dade City
- Dania
- Davenport
- Davie
- Daytona Beach
- Debary
- Deerfield Beach
- Defuniak Springs
- Deland
- Delray Beach
- Deltona
- Destin
- Doral
- Dunedin
- Dunnellon
- Edgewater
- Ellenton
- Englewood
- Estero
- Eustis
- Fern Park
- Fernandina Beach
- Florida City
- Fort Myers
- Fort Myers Beach
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Walton Beach
- Fort Lauderdale
- Gainesville
- Green Cove Springs
- Greenacres
- Groveland
- Gulf Breeze
- Gulfport
- Haines City
- Hallandale Beach
- Hernando
- Hialeah
- Holiday
- Holly Hill
- Hollywood
- Holmes Beach
- Homestead
- Homosassa
- Hudson
- Immokalee
- Inverness
- Jacksonville
- Jacksonville Beach
- Jensen Beach
- Jupiter
- Key Largo
- Key West
- Keystone Heights
- Kissimmee
- Lady Lake
- Lake Buena Vista
- Lake City
- Lake Mary
- Lake Placid
- Lake Wales
- Lake Worth
- Lakeland
- Lakewood Ranch
- Land O Lakes
- Lantana
- Largo
- Lauderdale By The Sea
- Lauderdale Lakes
- Leesburg
- Lehigh Acres
- Lithia
- Live Oak
- Longwood
- Loxahatchee
- Lutz
- Lynn Haven
- Macclenny
- Maitland
- Mangonia Park
- Marathon
- Marco Island
- Margate
- Melbourne
- Merritt Island
- Miami
- Miami Beach
- Miami Gardens
- Miami Shores
- Middleburg
- Milton
- Mims
- Minneola
- Miramar
- Mount Dora
- Naples
- Navarre
- Neptune Beach
- New Port Richey
- New Smyrna Beach
- Newberry
- Niceville
- Nokomis
- North Fort Myers
- North Miami
- North Miami Beach
- North Palm Beach
- North Port
- Oakland Park
- Ocala
- Ocoee
- Okeechobee
- Oldsmar
- Opa Locka
- Orange City
- Orange Park
- Orlando
- Ormond Beach
- Oviedo
- Pace
- Palatka
- Palm Bay
- Palm Beach Gardens
- Palm City
- Palm Coast
- Palm Harbor
- Palm Springs
- Palmetto
- Panama City
- Panama City Beach
- Pembroke Pines
- Pensacola
- Perry
- Pinecrest
- Pinellas Park
- Plant City
- Plantation
- Pompano Beach
- Ponte Vedra
- Port Charlotte
- Port Orange
- Port Richey
- Port Saint Lucie
- Port St. Lucie
- Punta Gorda
- Quincy
- Riverview
- Riviera Beach
- Rockledge
- Royal Palm Beach
- Saint Augustine
- Saint Cloud
- Saint Petersburg
- Sanford
- Sarasota
- Satellite Beach
- Sebastian
- Sebring
- Seffner
- Seminole
- South Miami
- Southwest Ranches
- Spring Hill
- St. Augustine
- St. Pete Beach
- St. Petersburg
- Starke
- Stuart
- Sun City Center
- Sunny Isles Beach
- Sunrise
- Tallahassee
- Tamarac
- Tampa
- Tarpon Springs
- Tavares
- Temple Terrace
- Tequesta
- The Villages
- Titusville
- Treasure Island
- Trinity
- Valrico
- Venice
- Vero Beach
- Weeki Wachee
- Wellington
- Wesley Chapel
- West Delray Beach
- West Melbourne
- West Palm Beach
- Weston
- Williston
- Wilton Manors
- Windermere
- Winter Garden
- Winter Haven
- Winter Park
- Winter Springs
- Zephyrhills
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