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Walgreens to close 1,200 stores as US pharmacies struggle to define a new role apnews.com

DANmode9 months ago

These types of companies have terrible corporate culture.

Good riddance.

Family health, family doctor, family foodstore, family drugstore.

Or, details will be missed.

JojoFatsani9 months ago

The alternative to Walgreens is the ever tightening CVS monopoly.

DANmode9 months ago

CVS was covered under "these types of companies".

Anyone that hires the kid who acts like they hate existing while in highschool as a business model, really.

bravetraveler9 months ago

Boring variety, tight duopoly. Go to one and you can hit the other with a rock

Philadelphia9 months ago

CVS owns an entire health insurance company, a pharmacy benefits management company, and a chain of urgent care offices, among other things. They’re not a warm, fuzzy monopoly.

bravetraveler9 months ago

I don't think I called either of them warm or fuzzy, they're so joined... the distinction has little meaning to me

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