Drug Store Closing Nation Wide

The Associated Press reported October 15th that retail stores Walgreens will be closing over 1200 stores over the next 3 years. The announcement comes from reports of a huge loss where they stated they had a $3 Billion quarterly loss.

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Montana Retailers Closing Soon

This also comes with the announcement that a similar store CVS announced they would be closing 900 stores by the end of 2024 and have currently closed around 850. There is no word at this time if the Great Falls store is included in the remaining stores to close before 2025.

While neither of these retailers have announced that Montana stores will be closing at this time, since there are two Walgreens in Great Falls I would imagine one of those might end up on the chopping block.

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How Will This Impact Great Falls?

With the announcement that Albertsons is being possibly bought by Kroger they also announced the "divestiture" of thousands of stores including one in Great Falls. Once the sale goes through they expect to "divest" thousands of stores including two in Montana.

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Under this new merger the store at 1414 3rd Street North West will be a part of the divestiture which is not clear if they plan to close this location or if they plan to convert it to a Kroger location.

These announcements could mean closures of many Montana stores including several right here in Great Falls. What would closure of these stores mean for you? Let us know now in our App!

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