Walgreens will close 500 stores this year, and 1,200 over several years. Here's what stores are confirmed closing in NJ and what shoppers should know.

Walgreens operates roughly 8,500 stores across the U.S., including 113 locations in Alabama, according to SVN Net Lease Texas. The Hill reports that dozens of Walgreens stores are closing across 17 states. But Alabama is not one of them. Shoppers there can still visit their local stores as usual.