The company, which operates

1,200 stores across 15 states, filed court paperwork on Friday detailing plans to permanently shutter 111 stores across the US.

California and New York will see the largest cuts, with 39 locations each on the chopping block.

Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington State will also see service cuts from the retailer.

This is the second mass

closure event Rite Aid has filed since it declared its second bankruptcy in May.

In one of its first Chapter 11 filings, the company said it was closing 361 stores across the US. That brings the total of stores closing to 472.

The quick store closures have left gaps in some communities, with residents expressing their worries on social media.

'This is going to cause a pharmacy desert in my neighborhood and prescription nightmare,' one Rite Aid customer wrote on Reddit.