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CVS will close one location in Rochester area
CVS will close one location in Rochester area
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Plans by CVS/Pharmacy to shrink its retail footprint will soon impact Rochester, with one location in Greece slated to permanently lock its doors on Oct. 5.
The CVS at 3750 Mt. Read Blvd. is the only CVS/Pharmacy in the immediate Rochester area that will shut down this year, a company spokesperson said.
Prescriptions will be transferred to the CVS at the corner of English and Long Pond roads, about 2.7 miles away. The company said it also provides home delivery of medications to eligible customers through its website and app.
Employees will be offered comparable positions within the company.
The nation’s largest pharmacy chain announced in November that as many as 900 of its nearly 10,000 stores would be closing as it revamped its business model.
“Maintaining access to pharmacy services in communities is an important factor we consider when making store closure decisions,” Amy Thibault, lead director, external communications for CVS, said in an email to the RBJ. “Other factors include local market dynamics, population shifts, a community’s store density, and ensuring there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community, including COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.”
The area is saturated, with three other pharmacies within a half-mile of the Mt. Read CVS: Wegmans directly across the street, Walgreens four-tenths of a mile away at Mt. Read and Maiden, and Tops Friendly Markets a half-mile away off Maiden and Mt. Read.
Earlier this month CVS announced it was buying Signify Health, a platform that focuses on in-home care.
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