Posted this on Walgreens board, but I thought to share here as well, since Rite Aid will be the one that will bear the brunt of this consolidation.
Rite Aid deal will apparently bring on carnage. Around 600 drugstores will be closed by Walgreens. Most of them will be Rite Aid stores, but not all. This was expected, consolidations always mean layoffs, but this truly sounds excessive.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2017/10/25/walgreens-store-closings/106990488/