To tell you the truth first hand,5409 Sunrise hasn't exactly gotten any more love and care than 900 Sunrise from a capital expenditure standpoint(last remodeled in 2003 and that was into the Rite Choice decor package,not long after 900 Sunrise was opened by Longs,not to mention the somewhat deteriorating physical state of my store inside and out).While my store saw initial windfall from the 7900 Arcadia closure it did level off within a year,and nowadays customer traffic can be erratic(while there are its 'mad rush' moments certain days and/or hours aren't as busy as it seems).Apparently,we've been promised a remodel into their 'store of the future' format,but given the lack of a timetable I'm wary that it may be lip service to make the store look better than it really is(7900 Arcadia was promised a 2016 Wellness format remodel before the 2015 holidays,it obviously never materialized).While conventional wisdom states at least one location out of the 2 will survive(maybe both,knock on wood),it's entirely possible both 900 Sunrise and 5409 Sunrise could get axed(especially since news reports cite that 'additional closures beyond the announced 63 are possible')though especially in the case of the latter I obviously prefer it doesn't happen especially since it's still too soon after 7900 Arcadia(the 2018-2019 Sacramento closures did claim locations close to each other and created gaping coverage holes:both El Camino locations closed within months of each another in the first half of 2018 though neither was in a good neighborhood,3 of the 5 Elk Grove/Vineyard locations closed in February 2019 despite most being in a high growth area with EGF/Calvine citing 'anemic prescription volume' having the misfortune of competitors on every corner even factoring the Bel Air's pharmacy according to an old 7900 Arcadia colleague;even in southern California Canoga Park lost both RAD locations within months of each other around the same time).storewanderer wrote: ↑December 22nd, 2021, 12:31 amMight be some redundant locations in WA with the Bartell purchase.
Rite Aid has been closing locations for years and done quite a bit of pruning. I'm not sure why they even felt the need to announce they are in the middle of closing 63 locations as buckguy points out this is 2.5% of the store base and they have closed this many stores in other years without making an announcement like this. This isn't a 900 store closure program like CVS (10% of the store base, more if you take away the Target units before coming up with a percent).
I don't think a logo change means much as from the best I can tell they put that new logo on every single store. It is too bad they didn't take that money and build some new stores instead.
Not sure how the Rite Aid at 900 Sunrise in Roseville survives. Still has Longs interior and never any traffic. I figured that was a real dog of a store for Longs to offer it up back during that store trade where Longs gave Rite Aid OR/WA stores/files in exchange for the 6 Reno area Rite Aid units. Probably could be pretty nice with a remodel inside.... exterior looks modern.
Other significant coverage hole for Rite Aid is no store in Fairfield or Vacaville.
As for Solano County,Rite Aid had a Vacaville location(1975-era PayLess on Nut Tree/Elmira which was never remodeled by RAD and maybe used half of its sales floor)until early 2009 and never had a Fairfield location(PayLess closed in the early-1990's before the merger with Thrifty).Only locations in the county are Benicia,Suisun City,and Vallejo.