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The Bi-Mart executive team, on behalf of its employee-owners and Walgreens, announced Thursday, Sept. 30, that Walgreens will acquire Bi-Mart’s pharmacy business, which includes pharmacy patient prescription files and related pharmacy inventory of 56 Bi-Mart pharmacies in Oregon, Idaho and Washington. 

Efforts to reach Don Leber, Bi-Mart’s vice president of advertising and marketing, to confirm reports that Sweet Home’s Bi-Mart pharmacy would be closed, were unsuccessful.

Bi-Mart’s retail stores will remain open, the company said in a statement.  

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