Rite Aid Closing Warrington Township Pharmacy

WARRINGTON, PA ? The Rite Aid store and pharmacy at the Warrington Plaza will close its doors as part of the company?s bankruptcy proceedings.

The store, located at Easton and Street roads, is among 53 additional locations, including 11 in Pennsylvania, announced for closure in December bankruptcy filings by the Pennsylvania-based
pharmaceutical chain.

The filing did not disclose when the additional stores would close.

Rite Aid?s bankruptcy comes amid slumping sales and heavy debt from an opioid lawsuit filed by the Justice Department in March that accused the company of filling prescriptions for large quantities of opioids ?that had obvious, and often multiple, red flags indicating misuse.?

When announcing the first round of closures in October, the company said prescriptions of customers of the affected stores would be transferred to a nearby Rite Aid or other drug store ?so that there is no disruption of service." People who work at the stores will also be transferred to other Rite Aid locations where possible, the company said.

Rite Aid previously announced the closure of its store at the Town Center of New Britain, Route 202, in New Britain.