The Walgreens Closures They Don't Want You to Know
Walgreens is still closing stores in 2026. The company confirmed more closures are coming — and refused to say how many or where.
Sycamore Partners took Walgreens private in 2025 in a deal with an enterprise value of roughly $23.7 billion, financed with up to 83% debt — more than double the industry average of 41%. Senator Elizabeth Warren flagged the pharmacy-desert risk before the deal closed.
Sycamore never put a public answer on record. In February 2026, WARN filings showed 628 jobs cut: 469 at Deerfield HQ, 159 at a Houston warehouse closing June 1. The paper trail is there. The company just isn't talking.
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They cut way more hq jobs than what's stated here.
I understand they are supposed to be cutting stores that don't make profit to their liking. I am a nobody, but it kind of seems like that isn't a huge surprise.
The money is in the retail, less in the pharmacy. Don't think of them as pharmacies, think of them as a 7/11 with pills. You can buy liquor and lottery tickets at the one near me.
Seems odd to go to a so-called pharmacy and stroll out with a bottle of whiskey and a fat wad of scratch offs.
I know the fucker are in trouble. Because they are now calling me twice in a row asking if I need any refills. In all the years I done business with them they have never done that before. In the voicemail guy sounded desperate.
Also I worked there for a month a year ago this month. It was fucking failure then. The amount of fucking waste with those dumb fucking tags. Holy shit every Sunday put out thousands and most threw away due to being repeats.
They can burn they are a waste and not needed. Besides get cheaper over the counter drugs at my local grocery store.