Walgreens CEO describes drawback of anti-shoplifting strategy: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
fortune.com
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
  • protistEnglish
    381·
    1 month ago

    If you have good insurance you might not notice this, but drug prices at Walgreens and CVS are significantly more expensive than many other pharmacies, like Walmart, Costco, or HEB. Compare prices on Goodrx.com and see

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      14·
      1 month ago

      Truth.

      More and more supermarkets are opening up pharmacies to compete. And in my town, private practices are now starting to also have a pharmacy.

      I’m not supporting Walmart though.

    • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      61·
      1 month ago

      I assume their entire business model is “Hope the boomers don’t notice we jacked the price up significantly.”