A “store closing” sign for the Rite Aid in Lawrenceville. (Tim Schooley/PBT)

By Riley Dunn, Pittsburgh Business Times

As of Friday, 17 more Rite Aid locations in the Pittsburgh area are set to transfer their customer prescriptions to Giant Eagle Pharmacy. This plan comes on the heels of the news that the drug store is closing 78 of their stores in western Pennsylvania. 

Two Rite Aid locations in the area also will be rebranded as Giant Eagle Pharmacy stores, while others are being put on the market for sale. 

The closures began on May 5, when Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy for the second time in two years. Now, the drug store chain is currently working on closing 360 stores throughout the United States. With the closures, the Philadelphia-based company will likely lose its status as one of the largest drug stores chains in the country. 

Prescription transfers in the Pittsburgh area will go into effect between June 10-13. All prescriptions currently held at Rite Aid locations will be transferred to the Giant Eagle pharmacy closest to them. 

The 17 Rite Aid stores now also set to transfer prescriptions to Giant Eagle are listed below.

• 5100 Library Rd., Bethel Park, PA 15102
• 20480 Route 19, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
• 1120 Philadelphia Ave., Northern Cambria, PA 15714
• 9141 Ridge Rd., Girard, PA 16417
• 2270 Noblestown Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205
• 1130 Perry Hwy., Suite 35, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
• 1701 Duncan Ave., Allison Park, PA 15101
• 113 West Main St., West Newton, PA 15089
• 5430 Peach St., Erie, PA 16509
• 513 Perry Hwy., Pittsburgh, PA 15229
• 304 Depot St., Latrobe, PA 15650
• 300 Market St., Elizabeth, PA 15037
• 335 Main St., Greenville, PA 16125 
• 100 Seven Fields Blvd., Seven Fields, PA 16046
• 1440 East High St., Waynesburg, PA 15370
• 1236 Long Run Rd., White Oak, PA 15131
• 221 Grove City Rd., Slippery Rock, PA 16057

Riley Dunn is a student at the University of Iowa and one of 10 Pittsburgh Media Partnership summer interns.