In 2023 over 200 Rite Aid drugstores closed in Michigan

Including a large number in the suburbs of Detroit

But many of these sites have been repurposed—including many as ethnic grocery stores

Why?

Well the size, availability and neighborhood locations of Rite Aid drugstores fit the real estate objectives of ethnic grocers

And the population demographics of Metro Detroit—which includes areas with significant and highly concentrated immigrant and first generation communities—were a key factor in these drugstore-to-ethnic grocery store repurposes ⬇