A total of 111 people in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties are losing their jobs due to the closure of 10 Rite Aid stores.

A total of 63 people in Chautauqua County are being laid off due to the closure of Rite Aid.

According to the state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification website, there are 63 employees in Chautauqua County that are being laid off. Those include 17 people from 50 S. Main St., Jamestown; 10 people from 1166 Central Ave., Dunkirk; 10 people from 3795 E. Main Road, Fredonia; 10 people from 214 Central Ave., Silver Creek; nine people from 963 Fairmount Ave. West, Jamestown; and seven people from 40 S. Erie St., Mayville.

In both Silver Creek and Mayville, these are the only pharmacies in their respective village.

“A key priority for Rite Aid is to ensure that as many of our loyal customers as possible continue to receive the pharmacy services and care they require without interruption. These agreements ensure our pharmacy customers will experience a smooth transition while preserving jobs for some of our valued team members,” said Matt Schroeder, chief executive officer of Rite Aid, in a statement when the bankruptcy was announced.

A total of 48 people are being laid off in Cattaraugus County from Rite Aid closures. Those include 10 people from 81 West Main St., Gowanda; 13 people from 9 Broad St., Salamanca; as well as 13 people in Olean and 12 people in Yorkshire.

The WARN notice states that all store layoffs will take effect on Wednesday, June 4, but different stores have different closing dates. Some stores are closing their pharmacies later this month, while closing their general store in July.

Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on May 5.

According to the Associated Press, Rite Aid initially filed for bankruptcy protection in October 2023, with plans to sell parts of its business and restructure. The company ran more than 2,300 stores in 17 states before the filing.

Rite Aid said then that its initial voluntary Chapter 11 filing would allow it to slash debt and resolve litigation.

Building the Brooklyn Square Rite Aid was a late 1990s development when Rite Aid wanted to move from its location at Third and Main streets – in the building that now houses the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum – as well as a store in the Country Bells plaza into a bigger, more modern space with more parking. Rite Aid built both the Ellicott and Brooklyn Square stores at roughly the same time. The Brooklyn Square site was formerly home to the Brookwood Restaurant at 50 S. Main St. The Brooklyn Square Rite Aid opened in 1998, followed quickly by the CVS and Walgreens stores in the same area of the city.

Rite Aid closed a second Jamestown location a couple of years ago as part of a 145-store closing plan. The North Main Street Rite Aid was originally opened as an Eckerd’s in 2000 and came under Rite Aid’s umbrella when Rite Aid purchased Eckerd Corp. as part of a $3.4 billion cash and stock exchange in 2006. It is still vacant.