Rite Aid’s Pharmacy Counters Go Dark Inside Grocery Stores as the Drugstore Chain’s Collapse Reshapes Where America Fills Its Prescriptions

Rite Aid’s Pharmacy Counters Go Dark Inside Grocery Stores as the Drugstore Chain’s Collapse Reshapes Where America Fills Its Prescriptions

The pharmacy counters inside dozens of Albertsons-owned grocery stores are going quiet. Rite Aid, the once-mighty drugstore chain now operating under bankruptcy protection, is closing more in-store pharmacy locations embedded within supermarkets — a move that strips away a convenience millions of American shoppers had taken for granted. The closures affect pharmacies operating inside stores belonging to several Albertsons Companies banners, incl…