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Retail closures reshape Sacramento area’s landscape: 5 stories

Stories by Sacramento Bee journalists, with AI summarization

Retail closures in Sacramento reshaped the local landscape. The articles focus on closures of popular retail and pharmacy chains, each struggling with different market challenges. Rite Aid plans to shut five more locations in the Sacramento area. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and halted operations at many sites. It partners with CVS to maintain prescription services. Dismissing employees nationwide, Walgreens continues to close stores, including a Sacramento location on Stockton Blvd. Prescriptions transfer to nearby CVS pharmacies, ensuring continuity for customers.

Macaron shop in downtown Sacramento faces closure due to financial struggles and declining foot traffic. This change highlights the tough conditions for small businesses downtown since the pandemic. Seasons 52, a chain restaurant, also closed in Sacramento, affecting dozens of workers. Business conditions and distribution issues prompted this shutdown, impacting the area's food service industry.

Rite Aid said in court documents that it intends to close or sell all stores. The Philadelphia-based pharmacy chain is filing for bankruptcy for the second time in less than two years. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

NO. 1: 5 MORE RITE AID STORES ARE CLOSING IN SACRAMENTO AREA. WHEN’S THE LAST DAY?

The drugstore chain has marked more than 1,000 locations for closure since filing for bankruptcy in early May, | Published July 11, 2025 | Read Full Story by Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado

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An exterior view of a Walgreens store on January 06, 2022, in Mill Valley, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)

NO. 2: ANOTHER SACRAMENTO WALGREENS IS SET TO CLOSE. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO PRESCRIPTIONS?

Walgreens plans to close a total of 1,200 pharmacies across the nation in the next three years. | Published May 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado

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NO. 3: CHAIN RESTAURANT SEASONS 52 CLOSED ITS SACRAMENTO OUTPOST MONDAY. HERE’S WHY

The bar and grill closed its other Sacramento-area restaurant, in Davis, in 2024. | Published May 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Camila Pedrosa

HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: Dungeness crab rest in a container as they are weighed during the opening day of commercial Dungeness crab season at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

NO. 4: LAST TWO DUNGENESS CRAB FISHING ZONES IN CALIFORNIA TO CLOSE JUNE 20. HERE’S WHY

Commercial Dungeness crab vessels can retrieve traps in the closed zones beginning June 27. | Published June 15, 2025 | Read Full Story by Sean Campbell

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NO. 5: MACARON CHAIN CLOSING ITS ONLY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOP IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO

The downtown Sacramento French pastry shop opened in March 2024. | Published June 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Camila Pedrosa

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.