Rite Aid Sicklerville Road Closing, Last Day Open is Wednesday April 30th.

The Rite Aid store on Sicklerville Road in Winslow is closing, with its last day of operating set for today Wednesday April 30^th. Starting May 1st any prescriptions will be transferred to CVS at 589 Berlin Cross Keys Road (Intersection with Walgreens, McDonald’s)

I stopped over yesterday to confirm the news directly with the store which is located close to the Williamstown-New Freedom Rd intersection… a “Super” Wawa is located directly across the street from the Rite Aid.

Looking at Google Maps, while this is a somewhat built up commercial area with a new larger apartment complex recently developed… there are no other large national pharmacy stores in the immediate area but an Express Savings Pharmacy is located very close, somewhat across the street in a small strip mall shopping center.

While I saw this news posted on local town Facebook groups, it was also reported several days ago at the Townsquare Media Radio Station websites. In those articles Townsquare articles they also list that the Brooklawn New Jersey store was closing… but I reached out to the local Brooklawn store who said Brooklawn is not closing and in fact have been receiving merchandise from other area Rite Aids that are closing.

That being said, it seems the status of any Rite Aid store can change on short notice.

Through 2024 Rite Aid was going through a well publicized bankruptcy proceeding but announced in September of 2024 that they had successfully moved out of bankruptcy, and looked ahead to a positive future.

Despite that positive outlook customers have noted shelves have remained noticeably thin on inventory in some areas, and additional store closings have been taking place (with many former locations already grabbed up by other retailers!)

Adding to that, Bloomberg News states in a recent article that Rite Aid is running low on cash and is preparing itself to be sold in pieces as it heads towards a second bankruptcy. The article goes on to say they are seeking a “Debtor-in-possession” loan to help fund itself through the process… seemingly not having even enough cash to stay afloat as they try to sell of pieces of the company.

Another store expected to close is in Wildwood (New Jersey Ave) where as reported by the popular Wildwood Video Archive website, convenience store chain Wawa plans on developing a new “Doo Wop” themed Super Wawa on the New Jersey Avenue Rite Aid property.

For my visit yesterday at the Sicklerville Road Rite Aid a sign on the window simply stated that prescriptions starting May 1st would be available at the Berlin Cross Keys Rd. location.

There were no store “Store Closing” banners on the building like we’ve seen for other locations during the earlier bankruptcy proceedings.

I chatted with store employees and management who confirmed that today (April 30^th) was the last day for the Sicklerville Road location.