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[CrocMother]

bring back Eckerd's

Eckerd's was the shit

 

[TheBaldEmperor]

Well that is going to be an issue for me. Walgreens won't take our insurance for prescriptions but Rite Aid does.

 

[giga]

They still haven't banned cigs like CVS, have they?

 

[Dark Ninja]

Is the Ice Cream safe?

 

[Ivan 3414]

wow, i did NOT know that Walgreens had that much cash on hand.

I didn't know they were bigger than Rite Aid. Thought they were suffering and kind of niche actually.

 

[Konka]

Wow. Now it's just Wallgreens and CVS. There used to be another that Rite Aid bought out but I can't remember what it was called.

Not really. Wal-Mat has a pharmacy, K-Mart has a pharmacy, every single regional grocery store chain has a pharmacy.

 

[RumblingRosco]

I didn't know they were bigger than Rite Aid. Thought they were suffering and kind of niche actually.

I think Walgreen's grew quite a bit since it formed Walgreen's-Boots Alliance or whatever it is now.

 

[TAJ]

What's going to happen to thrifty ice cream?

I'm old enough to remember getting that for 5 cents a scoop.

 

[Relentless 757]

Not really. Wal-Mat has a pharmacy, K-Mart has a pharmacy, every single regional grocery store chain has a pharmacy.

Add Target on that list as well.

Far from a monopoly. Potentially stronger oligopoly however.

 

[Iksenpets]

Wow I remember when Eckerds died. Used to get all my meds filled there.

I feel like my mom must've had a knack for only shopping at doomed stores or something. Eckerds was always her pharmacy of choice, so I was there like every other week as a kid. I think the grocery stores and gas stations she shopped at are gone now, too.

 

[Konka]

Add Target on that list as well.

Far from a monopoly. Potentially stronger oligopoly however.

Forgot about Target somehow.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Are there any other pharmacy chains or are they basically going to be a monopoly?

CVS is a big one but they're more East coast-only.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

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[TAJ]

I feel like my mom must've had a knack for only shopping at doomed stores or something. Eckerds was always her pharmacy of choice, so I was there like every other week as a kid. I think the grocery stores and gas stations she shopped at are gone now, too.

The steady move towards everything being owned by Buy-N-Large makes that true of everyone. All of the grocery stores and pharmacies where I grew up have been bought out and renamed multiple times. Only one gas station is still the same company.

CVS is a big one but they're more East coast-only.

They're all over SoCal.

 

[giga]

I'm a Publix guy.

 

[Machine]

When I was a kid, the local Walgreens was a dump and there weren't many locations in our area. I always assumed the chain was on its last legs. Guess I was wrong.

 

[Fatalah]

Walgreen's also bought drugstore.com not too long ago. They've bought so many companies!

 

[FStop7]

Are there any other pharmacy chains or are they basically going to be a monopoly?

CVS, Wal Mart, and several national/regional supermarket chains.

Every Walgreens I've been to looks and smells like the DMV.

 

[TAJ]

When I was a kid, the local Walgreens was a dump and there weren't many locations in our area. I always assumed the chain was on its last legs. Guess I was wrong.

Yeah, Walgreens always seemed like the K-Mart of drug stores.

 

[Liquidsnake]

What does this mean for Thrifty Ice Cream?

 

[inm8num2]

Now Walgreen's can challenge the Klingons for interstellar domination.

 

[Insertia]

Well damn!

I like Rite Aid as the alternative. Hopefully this doesn't lead to store closings.

 

[redmetal86]

Well, the list of stores at the end of the Chia Pet commercials might get a little shorter.

bring back Eckerd's

A name I haven't heard since I was a kid.That and Big B.

 

[thefro]

Forgot about Target somehow.

CVS bought Target's pharmacies. in June.

So it's basically Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart, with Kroger and the shell of K-Mart/Sears way behind.

 

[Fatalah]

Genovese is the pharmacy I grew up with in NY. Then Eckerd's bought it. Then RiteAid bought Eckerd's.

So now that Eckerd's has bought RiteAds, it has a distant connection to Genovese...which is nice :-D

 

[Zyzyxxz]

Its not really a monopoly forming as many grocery stores sell and provide the same services as CVS and Walgreens.

 

[Relentless 757]

CVS bought Target's pharmacies. in June.

So it's basically Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart, with Kroger and the shell of K-Mart/Sears way behind.

All they have do is consume the rest of the little pharmacies and we got ourselves a legitimate drug cartel (if they choose to work together of course)!

 

[Konka]

CVS bought Target's pharmacies. in June.

So it's basically Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart, with Kroger and the shell of K-Mart/Sears way behind.

There are lots and lots of regional grocery chains. Just in PA we have Giant, Giant Eagle, Weis, Wegmans, ShopRite and probably others. They all have pharmacies.

 

[Black Mamba]

There are lots and lots of regional grocery chains. Just in PA we have Giant, Giant Eagle, Weis, Wegmans, ShopRite and probably others. They all have pharmacies.

As does Costco and WalMart AFAIK.

 

[NintendoRev]

CVS bought Target's pharmacies. in June.

So it's basically Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart, with Kroger and the shell of K-Mart/Sears way behind.

Well that's annoying. I quite like my Target Pharmacy, hopefully it won't involve any staff changes.

 

[Ashhong]

The most important question is what will happen to the ice cream. They better keep serving that Thrifty ice cream.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Well that's annoying. I quite like my Target Pharmacy, hopefully it won't involve any staff changes.

My aunt is a tech at a Target pharmacy and as far as I know they're keeping their jobs.

I however, am a Walgreen's employee and this news kind of irked me for reasons I don't really want to get into, but the Walgreen's of 2015 is not the same company that I started working for in 2009.

 

[giga]

My aunt is a tech at a Target pharmacy and as far as I know they're keeping their jobs.

I however, am a Walgreen's employee and this news kind of irked me for reasons I don't really want to get into, but the Walgreen's of 2015 is not the same company that I started working for in 2009.

Go on.

 

[starmud]

explains the Walgreens store cut this year... Still, it seems unhealthy to allow two companies to control the bulk of the prescription network in the country, though it provides openings for others. I question how long Walmart will bother with a independent pharmacy business given the profit headwinds.

The CVS/target deal still hasn't cleared and we've been hearing some chatter that the deal may be stalling. The take over plan changed from January to TBA.

That said, many Walgreens and rite aids sit adjacent... If allowed will be interesting to see what happens in that balance.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Please don't take away Thrifty's ice cream in So Cal. That ice cream is life

Please don't take away the Thrifty Ice Cream. It's the only Ice Cream I like -__-

I knew I couldn't be the only one

Rainbow Sherbet is the GOAT

 

[Slayven]

Hey guys remember Rose's?

 

[Hugstable]

Please don't take away the Thrifty Ice Cream. It's the only Ice Cream I like -__-

 

[Marion Cobretti]

Please don't take away the ice cream.

 

[Sanjuro]

Both of these places are trash. I only go where my main man Mitt goes.

 

[Sophia]

This will be... interesting where I live. There's a Walgreens down the road from the Rite Aid. Said Rite Aid is in the same plaza as Krogers. They're right next door, in fact. ;

 

[Chuckl3s]

Both of these places are trash. I only go where my main man Mitt goes.

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All of the Wal-Green's near me are trash as well. CVS is the place! I live near ASU, so the CVS next to me is like high class.

 

[Dishwalla]

Hey guys remember Rose's?

We still have them. They are half empty, both customer wise and inventory wise, at any given time but they still exist.

 

[Oxn]

I have a RiteAid on my corner, and right across the street is a Wal Greens.

I go to Rite Aid cause its closer, but my prescription drugs started costing around $240. So I went to Wal Greens and got a much cheaper price of $140.

I hope this buyout dont increase my drug prices.

 

[Yamauchi]

I actually like Walgreens stores sometimes, but the town I live in (~5,000 people) has 3 family-owned pharmacies, so I use one of those instead.

 

[Dennis]

Maybe for a while at least they will stop pestering me to get a Rite Aid card every time I buy a coke.

 

[andythinkpad]

Team 7 Elevent!!

 

[Fotheringay]

Well hopefully this goes better than the Albertsons/Safeway merger. Fuckin Haggen.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Maybe for a while at least they will stop pestering me to get a Rite Aid card every time I buy a coke.

You'll still get the 2 foot long receipt though

 

[Ovid]

Wow. Now it's just Wallgreens and CVS. There used to be another that Rite Aid bought out but I can't remember what it was called.

Rite Aid will remain as-is (for now). It will eventually be converted to Walgreens or Duane Reade.

Duane Reade isn't going anywhere. It's pretty much a NYC institution.

 

[Professor Beef]

I could've sworn Walgreens and Rite Aid were already together. Shows how much I know, I guess.