Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. announced on Thursday it will reduce its workforce in the United Kingdom by 4,000 or 7% under the Boots Transformation Plan.

The plan will include the closure of 48 Boots Opticians stores and an additional 20% cut in the UK support office, the company said. Walgreens Boots widened its cost-saving plan by $200 million to $2.0 billion by fiscal 2022.

Meanwhile, the company's sales landed at $34.6 billion in the third fiscal quarter, increasing 0.1% on an annual basis.