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Alpha8472

Pharmacies can be profitable today. It depends on the workers in the pharmacy actively monitoring drug reimbursements. If a drug is not paid for by the insurance, then the pharmacy should not give it away for free or at a $300 loss. The pharmacy is not a charity organization. The issue is that pharm...

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Walmart is adding vet services, grooming, and dog washes. I wonder if PetSmart is worried.

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Back around 2002, I was in a Walgreens in Downtown San Francisco. I had never seen such a crowded Walgreens in my entire life. It was packed wall to wall with customers. There were probably 7 cashiers. The tourists and office workers were buying merchandise like crazy. Back then there was no Target ...

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I remember a very large Walgreens inside Sunvalley Mall in Concord, California in the 80s and 90s. It was near the entrance to Sears. Back then Walgreens had quite a nice selection of items. It was more like a variety store with toys, household items, and gifts. Everytime you visited, it was like a ...

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The problem is that Amazon is putting mom and pop pharmacies out of business. In addition, supermarket pharmacies are also closing. This leaves little choice with regard to pharmacies. No one wants to be stuck having to drive miles just to find a pharmacy. This merger could result in many supermarke...

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Are there any sit down restaurants where you order on a kiosk and there are no servers to take your order? They could switch to a model where you call for a server using the kiosk, but you order and pay using the Red Robin kiosk.

Alpha8472

Red Robin says the average customer only goes to Red Robin once a year. The company has invested in flattop grills for gourmet burgers. Red Robin might be a place you go once in a long time, but that is due to the high prices and long waits. I don't go out of my way for Red Robin and unless there is...

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I have seen Walmart stores add self checkout machines and then months later remove most of them in the San Francisco Bay Area. The theft rate is so high that manned checkouts are the only way to keep people from robbing the store blind. These neighborhoods are really scary with dangerous and dishone...

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Retail theft rings pay people to get jobs at these stores. This has led to serious breaches where the loss prevention employees were members of the theft ring. The store closure could be due not to external shoplifting, but internal corruption. They can't even figure out who is loyal and who is not ...

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Wendy's has consistency problems. A while back some Wendy's would say that mobile orders on the app are not valid at this location. I hope corporate has forced them to accept all orders by now. The service and quality of the food depends on whoever shows up for work that day. Some days service is fa...

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