Walgreens to Shut Most Stores for Thanksgiving Holiday

This is the first time that Walgreens has given employees time off on Thanksgiving.

A Walgreens retail store in Boston, on June 4, 2014. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

A majority of Walgreens stores will be closed on Thanksgiving for the first time in the drugstore company’s history, the company stated on Nov. 16.

Walgreens operates nearly 9,000 retail sites across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.