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Walgreens announces plan to close 1,200 stores over next 3 years
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In my area, Walgreens always seems empty, their prices are super high, and their pharmacists seem ready to quit.
I'm sure their mismanagement of the medical practices they're snapping up isn't helping them much either. I'm pissed at them for buying up one of the largest local medical providers and completely fucking them up. We used to be able to get in to see a doctor in a reasonable amount of time for long-term issues and could generally get an appointment day-of or the day after for acute issues. Now, when you call to get an acute appointment they say that nothing is available for MONTHS. I called to be seen for a sinus infection in February and was told nothing was available until July.
We switched providers and are much happier with the service, but we miss our old doctors...
In my area, they can't even keep pharmacists from walking out, apparently, as they'll just randomly have the pharmacy closed for the day when you walk in on a Monday at 2pm for example (at multiple locations). This was really fun when it started happening regularly since my parents are both full of health problems and have their prescriptions sent there (for medication needed ASAP) only to find out the pharmacy is closed and there's no way for me to pick up the order without calling the doctor back and trying to get it sent somewhere else and filled and hoping this can all be accomplished before 5pm.
Apart from the pharmacy, it seems like they only ever have 1-2 employees working, shelves are empty, the store is trashed, and prices are high. Rite-Aid already shut down a bunch of locations so I'm surprised these other big chains have managed this long after years of corporate cost cutting and forcing their remaining employees to do the job of 6 people for minimum wage while the executives rake in millions.
If your area is literally anywhere within the continental US then that checks out.