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Walgreens announced on Monday that it will cut 252 jobs from its Central Pharmacy Operations facility in Orlando.

The Orlando Sentinel Reports those cuts will affect pharmacists, data processing and technicians in addition to general support staff.

The fulfillment center is in the South Orlando area on John Young Parkway and Sand Lake Road.

The pharmaceutical chain filed a release through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

Nearly 350 Walgreens employees will also be laid off as part of job cuts in Arizona.

The Orlando fulfillment center supports roughly 20 percent of Walgreens' 8,200 stores in the US including roughly 100 locations in Central Florida.