Walgreens plans to cut 393 jobs at a southern Illinois distribution center — a move that follows an announcement just months ago that it planned to eliminate more than 500 corporate positions.

       Layoffs at the Edwardsville distribution center will be effective Aug. 28, according to a WARN notice filed with the state. Walgreens plans to shutter the plant.

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       Walgreens said in a statement Wednesday that the layoffs are part of efforts to “transform our business into a consumer-centric healthcare company,” including by reexamining “how we use our network of stores to ship orders to our patients’ and customers’ homes.”