STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As big-box stores compete with online retailers and shifting consumer shopping habits, store closures have become the norm. Major chains like JCPenney and Macy’s recently announced significant shutdowns, while Kohl’s and Forever 21 also braced for substantial changes.
But Dollar General and Walgreens suffered the highest number of store loss in 2025, Supermarket News has reported.
Citing info from Scrapehero.com — a data-extracting service that culls business information from the web — Supermarket News noted that during January 2025, Dollar General, which currently has two stores on Staten Island, opened nine locations and closed 27.
Walgreens, which houses nine locations on the borough, followed a similar pattern, closing 36 locations along the East Coast, South and Midwest, while opening only one store in 2025. Those shutdowns followed the closure of 58 stores in November and 12 stores in December 2024.
In October, the drugstore chain announced it will close approximately 1,200 locations over the next three years, with 500 closures slated to occur in 2025.
“In fiscal 2025, we are focusing on stabilizing the retail pharmacy by optimizing our footprint, controlling operating costs, improving cash flow, and continuing to address reimbursement models to support dispensing margins and preserve patient access for the future,” Tim Wentworth, chief executive officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, noted in a press release. “Fiscal 2025 will be an important re-basing year, as we advance our strategy to drive value creation. This turnaround will take time, but we are confident it will yield significant financial and consumer benefits over the long term.”
