https://fortune.com/2025/01/14/walgreens-ceo-anti-shoplifting-backfired-locks-reduce-sales/

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    21 hours ago

    And the best advertisement for my local mom and pop oharmacy was the fact that every trip to walgreens for drugs took 45 minutes to an hour. At the mom and pop, it's 5, and they're friendly because they aren't understaffed

    • miz [any, any]
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      19 hours ago

      I think the big chain pharmacies hope that this helps their bottom line because you will be walking around shopping, but the olds at mine just sit in the chairs and wait.

      • Dessa [she/her]
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        16 hours ago

        The small pharma where I go has a gift shop attached. I shop there for fun