Boots to shut 300 shops by end of summer - full list of stores hit
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHigh street chemist Boots has announced it will close hundreds of stores by the end of the summer. Many of the 300 have already shut their doors, while some remain to be closed in the coming months.
Last year the firm's parent company. Walgreens Boots Alliance, said it would close down about 300 pharmacy outlets across the UK, the Mirror reports.
This was part of their strategy to save £618million. According to The Pharmaceutical Journal, Boots confirmed that a few pharmacies earmarked for the closures are yet to be closed, but would certainly cease operations by the end of summer 2024.
The firm has already shut eight stores across Greater Manchester, according to analysis. Though currently boasting around 2,100 stores across the UK, Walgreens Boots Alliance highlighted in its financial statement for the quarter that part of its cost-cutting measure involved shutting "up to 650 Boots stores" in the UK. READ MORE: Moment 'wanted' man who pointed 'gun' at cops is arrested in front of horrified passers-by By 31 May 2024, there have been 581 store closures and the looming possibility of an additional 69 more closures this summer.
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