The CVS Pharmacy in Clementon NJ has announced they are closing, with a final date set for October 23rd.
The free-standing CVS building is located on Berlin Road directly across from the Clementon Amusement Park. A closed bank building is also across the street, which most recently was a Santander bank. The bank closed last year.
CVS Clementon customers are being directed to the Stratford location which is about 2 1/2 miles away on the White Horse Pike. That being said it appears the Walgreens pharmacy on Chews Landing Road is closer and doesn’t require navigating the White Horse Pike.
I first saw the news of the upcoming closing in a Clementon social media page where the poster shared an unofficial reason told to them by employees “rent was too high”. This reason is unconfirmed.
I stopped over yesterday morning to find a sign announcing the closing is posted on the front glass door of the CVS, listing the closing date as well as the address of the Stratford CVS. Additionally, immediately inside the doorway of the Clementon CVS is another (larger) sign announcing the upcoming closing.
Several days later Clementon Councilwoman Gwen Cantwell shared commentary from CVS which was in response to an inquiry from the Clementon mayor on the store closing.
As mostly expected, the CVS response takes a “Corporate Tone” regarding the closing, simply calling out basic factors such as local market dynamics, population shifts, community store density and other factors… without any real specifics.
There is a reduction in stores taking place in the American Retail Pharmacy space, most noticeably with Rite Aid. That being said Walgreens and CVS are always looking to reduce underperforming stores. Earlier this year CVS closed a pharmacy location in Washington Township.
CVS first opened across the street from its current location, as one of the original tenants in the Clementon Lake Village shopping center which opened around 1990.
Growth of the retail pharmacy industry in this era, particularly with the movement towards drive-thru prescription pickups… quickly led to CVS looking to develop a larger freestanding store across the street.
The current Clementon CVS store opened in the early 2000s. I found a Planning Board notice from November 2001 related to the construction of the building.
There are no known plans for the building at this time.
Thank you for contacting CVS Health.
We’ve made the difficult decision to close the CVS Pharmacy at 109 Berlin Road in Clementon on October 23. All prescriptions will be transferred to the CVS Pharmacy at 69 South White Horse Pike in Stratford to ensure patients have uninterrupted access to pharmacy care. Patients can always choose to fill their prescriptions at any CVS Pharmacy, or the pharmacy of their choice, if another is more convenient. Employees are being offered comparable roles within the company.
Maintaining access to pharmacy services in the communities we serve is an important factor we consider when making store closure decisions. 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.
We’ll continue to provide the community with outstanding service at the 23 locations remaining in Camden County, including our South White Horse Pike store in Stratford. We also offer prescription home delivery service to eligible patients through CVS.com and the CVS Pharmacy app to provide additional convenient access to medications.
Allen K. Horne | Government Affairs – To Clementon NJ Mayor
CVS Health
Links and Location
CVS Pharmacy Clementon – Closing
109 Berlin Road
Clementon NJ
856-435-2212
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