AP Spotlight Walgreens to close 1,200 US stores in an attempt to steady operations By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Oct 15, 2024 Oct 15, 2024 Updated Apr 30, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Walgreens plans to close about 1,200 locations over the next three years as the drugstore chain seeks to turnaround its struggling U.S. business.kAm%96 4@>A2?J D2:5 %F6D52J E92E 23@FE d__ DE@C6 4=@DFC6D H:== 4@>6 :? E96 4FCC6?E 7:D42= J62C 2?5 D9@F=5 :>>65:2E6=J DFAA@CE 25;FDE65 62C?:?8D 2?5 7C66 42D9 7=@H] (2=8C66?D 5:5?VE D2J H96C6 E96 DE@C6 4=@D:?8D H@F=5 E2<6 A=246]k^AmkAm(2=8C66?D @A6C2E6D 23@FE g[d__ DE@C6D :? E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D 2?5 2 76H E9@FD2?5 @G6CD62D] p== @7 E96 DE@C6D E92E H:== 36 4=@D65 2C6 :? E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D]k^Am kAm(2=8C66?D q@@ED p==:2?46 x?4] =6256CD D2:5 :? =2E6 yF?6 E92E E96J H6C6 7:?2=:K:?8 2 EFC?2C@F?5 A=2? 7@C :ED &]$] 3FD:?6DD[ 2?5 E92E AFD9 4@F=5 C6DF=E :? 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