This link was actually posted days ago.Ballard still has one Bartell Drugs location left in Ballard Commons which is one of just 64 total remaining including the conversion of the James Center RAD to offset the lease loss at University Place.
As far the namesake store count,2215 RAD locations remain.California is now down to 475 locations after the loss of the lone outpost in the Orange County community of Rancho Santa Margarita(1990's former PayLess Drug with disused garden center sharing the Mercado del Lago center with a pharmacy-less Ralphs,can't speak for whatever PayLess interior it had but it was remodeled into first RA-1 then first-gen Wellness decor)which based on decent community affluency realistically isn't attributable to shrink/theft.An unknown Pennsylvania location also closed as well leaving 479 locations in its home state,as well as another below-the-radar Michigan location(245 remain there).
On a side note,
former CEO John Standley has been named to that same position with a multi-state car wash operator.I really have to wonder how much better off my company would have been if he hadn't been allowed to pick his RAD CEO successor(his departure was announced months before the unfortunate appointment of Heyward Donigan as his successor).In any case I'm not setting positive expectations for the FY2024Q1 earnings call(exact date TBD but expected before the Independence Day holiday)considering how badly the company jumped the shark in recent years(especially under the stewardship of 'the former gal').At least if my store starts receiving back-to-school/early harvest seasonal within the coming weeks,it'll be a vote of confidence more or less.The problem is that it's in a state of severe physical disrepair and has been for years(service calls for certain maintenance can be like pulling teeth despite the heroic efforts of new management inherited from 900 Sunrise):
the 1975-era facade remains intact while the rest of Sunrise Village has been fully remodeled(customers that ask 'is your store closing' are breaking my heart five years after 7900 Arcadia),the roof has leaked for years,and now we've having a hard time keeping the Thrifty hand-dip counter operational because replacement parts for the aging and now malfunction-prone refrigeration equipment are hard to come by;and don't even get me started on how shrink has spiraled out of control the past couple years(both ORC boosters and the growing homeless problem in Citrus Heights).
I must note that San Rafael Northgate has quietly resumed conventional hours after a period of closing store and pharmacy at 6pm daily.Additionally,the lone outpost in the Central Valley community
was targeted in attempted break-in via vehicular crash.
For your life,Thrifty and Payless have got it.