But closing 444 out of 13,000 stores in North America is just one action listed in the company's plan for "long-term success" in North America. It also lists growing proprietary products, accelerating digital and delivery, growing store network, and improving efficiencies and cost leadership.

Over 400 underperforming 7-Eleven stores in the U.S. will close by the end of the year, the company announced during its most recent earnings call. The 444 stores to close are among 13,000 stores the convenience chain has in the U.S. and Canada, USA TODAY reported, and the closures are expected to happen in the fourth quarter of this year.

The parent company of 7-eleven said that the 444 stores marked for closure out of the 13,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada were “underperforming.”

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Your local CVS may be closing its doors for good. The drugstore chain is in the process of shuttering "roughly 300" locations across the country in 2024, a spokesperson confirmed to Good Housekeeping.

The closures will occur within the next three years, starting with 500 stores being shuttered in fiscal year 2025, Walgreens announced Tuesday.