KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp. announced it will be closing underperforming pharmacies in 62 ShopRite supermarkets in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York  during the next month and transferring customer prescription files to CVS locations in the vicinity of the affected stores, according to a spokesperson for the East Coast retailer-owned cooperative. The company plans to continue running pharmacies at 147 ShopRite locations.

Pharmacy support staff affected by the impending closures will be offered other positions in ShopRite stores, while pharmacists and technicians will have the chance to interview with CVS, according to Wakefern.

Wakefern is scaling back its pharmacy operations even as it moves ahead with efforts to administer COVID-19 vaccinations. The company said neither its inoculation program nor the pharmacies distributing the shots will be impacted by the closures.