cjd wrote: ↑December 26th, 2022, 6:53 am
I don’t know how CVS stays in business with everything so overpriced (even compared to Walgreens) and just generally not as much selection.
I don’t remember stores like Eckerd Drug being so overpriced before CVS took them over.
CVS is only useful for couponing. It has been a great place to coupon. It ebbs and flows like anything but every time I try to withdraw from CVS, I end up sticking around.
I notice over the years I buy less and less there that is not on coupon.
Sometimes I find 90% off items. For instance I recently bought a Halloween Doormat, it was not marked with a price but when I paid it scanned at 1.29 so then the receipt came out and showed regular price of 12.99, then 90% off final price at 1.29. I had a pile of previously purchased doormats and found another CVS Halloween Doormat in that pile from 2018, that one had a price printed right on the tag which said 5.99. Identical size and thickness/material to the one they wanted 12.99 for in 2022. So in my view CVS is becoming less and less competitive.
When CVS bought Sav-On, they had some large rolls of CVS paper towels at .99, some small bags of CVS brand pretzels (they were around 4oz) at .49, and various CVS bagged candy (around 3oz bags) at .99. I felt like they had some solid "value" items in consumable goods. All of that is gone now; their prices have increased exponentially. If you want a quick drink or snack CVS is a fine place to go but you are likely to pay more than you'd pay in a convenience store. Rite Aid still has a lot of promotions on snack/drink items.