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Walgreens to Close 1,200 Stores, Impact On WI Locations Unclear
Walgreens is closing about one in every seven stores in the U.S. Get the details here.
MINNESOTA — More than 1,200 Walgreens stores will close over the next three years as the struggling drugstore chain attempts to complete a successful financial turnaround. The company announced 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 200 in Wisconsin.
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 Wisconsin locations are in:
- Antigo, WI
- Appleton, WI
- Ashland, WI
- Ashwaubenon, WI
- Baraboo, WI
- Beaver Dam, WI
- Bellevue, WI
- Beloit, WI
- Brookfield, WI
- Brown Deer, WI
- Burlington, WI
- Cedarburg, WI
- Chilton, WI
- Chippewa Falls, WI
- Clintonville, WI
- Columbus, WI
- Cross Plains, WI
- Cudahy, WI
- De Pere, WI
- DeForest, WI
- Delafield, WI
- Delavan, WI
- Dodgeville, WI
- Eagle River, WI
- Eau Claire, WI
- Elkhorn, WI
- Elm Grove, WI
- Fitchburg, WI
- Fond du Lac, WI
- Fort Atkinson, WI
- Fox Point, WI
- Franklin, WI
- Germantown, WI
- Glendale, WI
- Grafton, WI
- Grand Chute, WI
- Green Bay, WI
- Greendale, WI
- Greenfield, WI
- Hales Corners, WI
- Hartford, WI
- Hartland, WI
- Hayward, WI
- Hudson, WI
- Jackson, WI
- Janesville, WI
- Kaukauna, WI
- Kenosha, WI
- Kohler, WI
- La Crosse, WI
- Lake Geneva, WI
- Lake Mills, WI
- Little Chute, WI
- Madison, WI
- Manitowoc, WI
- Marinette, WI
- Marshfield, WI
- Mauston, WI
- McFarland, WI
- Menasha, WI
- Menomonee Falls, WI
- Menomonie, WI
- Mequon, WI
- Merrill, WI
- Middleton, WI
- Milwaukee, WI
- Monona, WI
- Monroe, WI
- Mount Horeb, WI
- Mount Pleasant, WI
- Mukwonago, WI
- Muskego, WI
- Neenah, WI
- New Berlin, WI
- New London, WI
- Oak Creek, WI
- Oconomowoc, WI
- Oregon, WI
- Oshkosh, WI
- Pewaukee, WI
- Platteville, WI
- Pleasant Prairie, WI
- Plymouth, WI
- Portage, WI
- Prairie du Chien, WI
- Racine, WI
- Reedsburg, WI
- Rhinelander, WI
- Rice Lake, WI
- Ripon, WI
- River Falls, WI
- Salem, WI
- Sauk City, WI
- Saukville, WI
- Shawano, WI
- Sheboygan, WI
- Shorewood, WI
- South Milwaukee, WI
- Sparta, WI
- Stevens Point, WI
- Stoughton, WI
- Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Sun Prairie, WI
- Superior, WI
- Sussex, WI
- Thiensville, WI
- Two Rivers, WI
- Verona, WI
- Viroqua, WI
- Wales, WI
- Waterford, WI
- Watertown, WI
- Waukesha, WI
- Waunakee, WI
- Waupaca, WI
- Waupun, WI
- Wausau, WI
- Wauwatosa, WI
- West Allis, WI
- West Bend, WI
- Weston, WI
- Whitewater, WI
- Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- Woodruff, WI
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