Personally it’s the pricetage that always stopped me from shopping there. Walgreens is consistently the most expensive option for pretty much their entire inventory compared to the 6 chains within half a mile that sell the exact same shit.
This. Walgreens is bad, CVS is even worse. I refuse to pay for convenience. Even if it’s just one thing I need; if it’s $5 at the cvs down the street and $2 at the Walmart 3 miles away through city traffic, I’m waiting til I need a few things and going to the Walmart every time. If for nothing else than the principle of it all. Eat shit CVS.
If you want a chuckle, look at their OTC meds and calculate price per milligram.
CostOfBottle / (#PillsPerBottle * #MgPerPill)
Do this for all the basic meds you keep in your home.
Now go to Costco or Sams or something and do it again. No shit, the difference is 100-fold sometimes, especially if you compare things like name brand (aka Tylenol) at Walgreens to generic (aka Kirkland’s “Acetaminophen”). Turning it even more extreme, look at the little single-dose pouches they sell at the checkstand - folks are literally paying the same at Walgreens for like 2 pills as they are at Costco for a bottle of 500 of the same dose.
Exactly. Their ONLY virtue is convenience. Either you’re there for a prescription and buy something because you’re already there, or you’re just looking to do a quick stop. They’re basically a glorified convenience store that happens to have a pharmacy attached. Their prices are high, but they do have convenience on their side. You don’t have to walk across half a mile of parking before getting to the front door. You don’t have to walk into a giant warehouse store that corrals you into shopping in a giant counterclockwise loop. Walgreens does have the convenience option over shopping at a big grocery store.
And this is what is so bone-headed about these locking cases. Again, their ONLY advantage is convenience. If they’re going to slow things down by putting a bunch of barriers between me and the things I want, I might as well just spend the same amount of time, go to the full-sized grocery store, and save some money.
Personally it’s the pricetage that always stopped me from shopping there. Walgreens is consistently the most expensive option for pretty much their entire inventory compared to the 6 chains within half a mile that sell the exact same shit.
This. Walgreens is bad, CVS is even worse. I refuse to pay for convenience. Even if it’s just one thing I need; if it’s $5 at the cvs down the street and $2 at the Walmart 3 miles away through city traffic, I’m waiting til I need a few things and going to the Walmart every time. If for nothing else than the principle of it all. Eat shit CVS.
If you want a chuckle, look at their OTC meds and calculate price per milligram.
CostOfBottle / (#PillsPerBottle * #MgPerPill)Do this for all the basic meds you keep in your home.
Now go to Costco or Sams or something and do it again. No shit, the difference is 100-fold sometimes, especially if you compare things like name brand (aka Tylenol) at Walgreens to generic (aka Kirkland’s “Acetaminophen”). Turning it even more extreme, look at the little single-dose pouches they sell at the checkstand - folks are literally paying the same at Walgreens for like 2 pills as they are at Costco for a bottle of 500 of the same dose.
It’s fucking wild.
Exactly. Their ONLY virtue is convenience. Either you’re there for a prescription and buy something because you’re already there, or you’re just looking to do a quick stop. They’re basically a glorified convenience store that happens to have a pharmacy attached. Their prices are high, but they do have convenience on their side. You don’t have to walk across half a mile of parking before getting to the front door. You don’t have to walk into a giant warehouse store that corrals you into shopping in a giant counterclockwise loop. Walgreens does have the convenience option over shopping at a big grocery store.
And this is what is so bone-headed about these locking cases. Again, their ONLY advantage is convenience. If they’re going to slow things down by putting a bunch of barriers between me and the things I want, I might as well just spend the same amount of time, go to the full-sized grocery store, and save some money.