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CVS Abruptly Closes 2 Stores in San Francisco

Last post by storewanderer « April 13th, 2019, 10:13 pm
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by Alpha8472 » April 12th, 2019, 12:08 pm

CVS closed 2 stores without warning in San Francisco, California. A crude paper sign was posted in the window.

When CVS took over Long's drugs...

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April 13th, 2019, 10:13 pm
Walgreens under fire for underage tobacco sales

Last post by storewanderer « April 10th, 2019, 7:39 pm
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by Brian Lutz » April 2nd, 2019, 11:27 am

The FDA has been cracking down on underage tobacco sales lately, and Walgreens has been called out for lax enforcement of age requirements. The...

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April 10th, 2019, 7:39 pm
Rite Aid Conversions or Closings

Last post by BillyGr « March 30th, 2019, 4:21 pm
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by MSSportsGuy » January 12th, 2019, 9:12 am

I saw a list over a year ago where it indicated Rite Aid was leaving most states in the southeast (where I reside). Rite Aid didn't have a large...

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March 30th, 2019, 4:21 pm
Bartell having to pay for off-duty police, losing money in downtown Seattle

Last post by rwsandiego « March 28th, 2019, 10:27 pm
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by SamSpade » March 25th, 2019, 11:37 pm

Apparently Bartell hired a new CEO relatively recently (hard to know much on this company as they are not public).
She came from San Francisco and...

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March 28th, 2019, 10:27 pm
Big losses at CVS

Last post by Brian Lutz « February 21st, 2019, 11:38 am
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by Brian Lutz » February 21st, 2019, 10:12 am

CVS took a $2.2 billion charge in Q4 2018 (on top of a $3.9 billion earlier charge) for losses incurred from their underperforming long-term care...

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February 21st, 2019, 11:38 am
Fred's Sells Specialty Business and Pursues Options For Retail Pharmacy

Last post by Knight « February 19th, 2019, 11:06 pm
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by rwsandiego » May 8th, 2018, 1:07 am

Less than a year after the Walgreens/Rite Aid/Fred's deal fell apart, Fred's is selling its specialty business to CVS and looking at options for its...

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February 19th, 2019, 11:06 pm
Bi-Mart Changes?

Last post by Super S « February 14th, 2019, 9:08 am
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by SamSpade » October 9th, 2017, 9:24 pm
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So today I was in the Beaverton Bi-Mart store location and noticed a few things:
1. The pharmacy walk up window was covered over. . . then I noticed...
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February 14th, 2019, 9:08 am
Albertsons/Rite Aid Merger is off: What's next

Last post by arizonaguy « January 26th, 2019, 8:07 pm
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January 26th, 2019, 8:07 pm
Fred's Pharmacy closing 185 locations

Last post by wnetmacman « January 12th, 2019, 7:33 pm
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by Knight » September 10th, 2018, 10:45 am
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One hundred eight-five Fred's Pharmacy locations are closing as Fred's sells prescription records to Walgreen's Boots Alliance.

Fred's is one step...
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January 12th, 2019, 7:33 pm
CVS to focus more on Healthcare

Last post by cjd « December 11th, 2018, 6:32 pm
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by arizonaguy » December 6th, 2018, 3:39 pm

Makes sense. Their front end sales can't be anything to write home about.

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December 11th, 2018, 6:32 pm
Walgreens and FedEx

Last post by Brian Lutz « December 10th, 2018, 7:49 am
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by cjd » December 7th, 2018, 7:26 pm

Has anyone tried Walgreens FedEx services? I recently got a package via FedEx and it was rather large so I didn't want it left at home with me not...

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Last post by Brian Lutz
December 10th, 2018, 7:49 am
Two CVS locations proposed in Boise

Last post by Super S « December 10th, 2018, 7:27 am
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by Super S » October 4th, 2017, 9:52 pm
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It looks like CVS is going to enter the Boise market soon:

This location is interesting since it is one block west of an existing Rite Aid...
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December 10th, 2018, 7:27 am
Walgreens to partner with Kroger for test one-stop shop

Last post by storewanderer « December 8th, 2018, 9:01 am
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by wnetmacman » October 2nd, 2018, 7:02 am
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Looks like Kroger and Walgreens are going to partner up and build a one-stop-shopping experience that will be similar to things other companies have...
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December 8th, 2018, 9:01 am
CVS 1250 W. 7th St. Reno, NV to be rebuilt

Last post by storewanderer « October 22nd, 2018, 10:05 pm
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by storewanderer » September 12th, 2018, 9:34 pm

CVS has been operating this 30,000 square foot former Sav-On for a while. This store is a bit different in that it never got carpet, it has an...

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October 22nd, 2018, 10:05 pm
CVS and volume

Last post by Knight « October 4th, 2018, 8:36 am
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by cjd » September 30th, 2018, 12:37 pm

Just been thinking about this a while. How does CVS compare to Walgreens as far as sales figures. The CVS stores around here seem to have much...

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October 4th, 2018, 8:36 am
Albertsons to buy (what's left of) RiteAid

Last post by submariner « August 11th, 2018, 7:18 pm
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Apparently official this morning, Albertsons announced the purchase of Rite Aid.

Grocery chain Albertsons to acquire Rite Aid

Not sure where...
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August 11th, 2018, 7:18 pm
Amazon buys online pharmacy with licenses in all 50 states

Last post by cathandler « June 28th, 2018, 5:31 pm

by cathandler » June 28th, 2018, 5:31 pm

The long-feared Amazon entry into the space appears to finally be for real

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June 28th, 2018, 5:31 pm
Rite Aid Lunch Counter Asheville, NC closes

Last post by rwsandiego « June 14th, 2018, 11:05 pm
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by storewanderer » April 2nd, 2018, 10:11 pm
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I guess Walgreens was not interested in operating a lunch counter. I'm a little shocked Rite Aid was...
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June 14th, 2018, 11:05 pm
Rite Aid Using Manilow to Scare Away Loiterers

Last post by storewanderer « June 13th, 2018, 9:52 pm
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by SamSpade » June 12th, 2018, 11:40 pm

Making the TV station news rounds nationwide -

(Warning: link will have auto play video start)

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June 13th, 2018, 9:52 pm
Walgreens Close To Buying Rite Aid

Last post by lola42 « March 30th, 2018, 5:42 pm
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Bloomberg reports that Walgreens is close to buying Rite Aid. This is a tragedy as Rite Aid has been remodeling their stores into a very nice look. I...
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Last post by lola42
March 30th, 2018, 5:42 pm
Longs Drugs?

Last post by rwsandiego « March 5th, 2018, 9:32 pm
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by J-Man » August 22nd, 2017, 1:57 pm
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I got an email today from "Longs Drugs ExtraCare." Of course it was actually from CVS, but the sender was clearly labeled as Longs Drugs...
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March 5th, 2018, 9:32 pm
Rite Aid NorCal Closures

Last post by lola42 « February 24th, 2018, 10:35 am
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by storewanderer » February 2nd, 2018, 8:03 am

1. Milpitas, CA 1350 S. Park Victoria
2. Sacramento, CA 4020 Florin Road (still had Payless interior, awful neighborhood and shopping center)

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February 24th, 2018, 10:35 am
Vancouver Clinic turning pharmacy operations over to Fred Meyer

Last post by CPhT_Smith « January 28th, 2018, 12:51 am
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by Super S » June 3rd, 2017, 6:57 am

One pharmacy will reopen and will be operated by Fred Meyer, while two others will close and records will be transferred to nearby Fred Meyer...

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January 28th, 2018, 12:51 am
Rite Aid Closed - Downtown Oakland

Last post by BillyGr « January 25th, 2018, 1:01 pm
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by storewanderer » January 23rd, 2018, 10:45 pm

Not selling liquor probably didn't help their performance at this location.

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Last post by BillyGr
January 25th, 2018, 1:01 pm
Publix Pharmacy launches low price prescription drug program

Last post by Alpha8472 « January 19th, 2018, 1:09 am
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by Knight » January 17th, 2018, 5:24 pm

Publix Pharmacy has launched a new low price prescription program on twenty-nine medications in eighty-five dosages.

Publix Pharmacy still has the...

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January 19th, 2018, 1:09 am

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