For Peter Johnson the drive to his neighborhood Walgreens is about to get a bit longer.

“It’s not convenient, but the next Walgreens is just five minutes down the road,” he said Tuesday morning after learning that the store he just left at 2320 Main Street closes on June 16.

The closure will leave Longmont with four Walgreens within city limits: 1041 Main St., 450 Ken Pratt Blvd,, 835 E. 17th Ave. and 1770 Hover St.

According to a Walgreens spokesman, closing this story was not an easy decision.

“The North Main store had been open around seven years,” said Phil Caruso, who works at company headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. “We are closing a number of stores that are underperforming around the country. This is never an easy decision.”

Caruso said that all customer prescriptions will be moved to the Walgreens location in Longmont that is geographically closest to each customer.

As for employees at the 2320 Main Street location, most will be able to keep their jobs.

“We hope to place most on the employees in other local stories,” Caruso said.

Walgreens is the largest drugstore chain in the U.S., with more than 8,200 stores in all 50 states.

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