Wilmington's Walgreens is Closing This Week

Back in January, Wilmington Patch reported the possibility Walgreens may be closing its Wilmington location. Now, we know for sure. Walgreens is permanently closing this week.

Walgreens employees can’t talk about the closure, but Wilmington Patch has confirmed the store will be closed as of July 1. Tuesday will the last day the store will be open.

Sources told Wilmington Patch that Walgreens pharmacy is transferring prescriptions to Rite Aid, also located on Main Street in Wilmington early this week.

Calls and emails to Walgreens corporate offices have not been returned.

In April, Walgreens announced it would close 200 stores in the U.S., months after it purchased European drugstore chain Alliance Boots.

Just last week the Brookline Walgreens, located in Coolidge corner, also shuttered its doors.

This isn’t the first time Walgreens has shuttered stores in the area. In 2014, Walgreens announced a plan to close more than 70 stores across the country to help optimize the company’s assets. The Walgreens in Reading was one of those locations.

The 2014 closures followed a 2012 announcement that the company entered into an agreement to purchase the 144-unit USA Drug, which operates in Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee.