A handful of Walgreens retail pharmacy stores in Southern California are expected to close permanently.
The company plans to shut down five locations in Whittier, Los Angeles, Orange, Placentia and Stanton in late March, Walgreens confirmed to FOX Business.
“Increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures” impacting the “ability to cover” rent, staffing and supply costs played into the pharmacy store chain’s decision to shutter the locations, Walgreens said in a statement…