Signs posted throughout the store inform customers that their prescription records will be available at the nearby Walgreens pharmacy at 4855 N. Main St., or at any other Walgreens. After the closure, there will be nine Walgreen stores in the Dayton area.
Phil Caruso, spokesman for Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens, said in an email response to this newspaper’s questions that the decision to close the store that Walgreens had operated for eight years “was not easy.” He did not disclose the factors that led to the decision.
“Please be assured that the community will remain well-served by Walgreens,” Caruso said. “Prescription files will automatically transfer to our store about 6 minutes away at (North Main Street) and Turner Road. Customers need take no action; the transfer is automatic and our team members at that store look forward to servicing them.
“We expect to place the majority of the store’s 15 employees in jobs at other area stores,” Caruso said.
Walgreens competes with national drug-store chains such as CVS and Rite-Aid as well as with smaller regional chains and independent pharmacies.
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