Posted on 10/12/2021 6:59:45 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Walgreens said Tuesday it will close five stores in San Francisco in November, citing the company’s concerns over retail theft in the city.
“Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso said in a statement.
Law enforcement officials have attributed much of the city’s retail crime to organized theft rings. But public defenders and social justice advocates have argued that many people charged with retail theft act alone — many of them suffering from poverty, homelessness or substance abuse, and needing rehabilitation or other services.
A Chronicle analysis found that shoplifting dropped dramatically at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, then picked up again in the summer of 2020 as stores reopened. By April of this year, shoplifting incidents were still well below pre-pandemic rates, the Chronicle analysis found.
The closures will bring to 22 the number of Walgreens stores closed in San Francisco in the past five years. Caruso said Walgreens is bolstering security measures in its remaining 50-plus city locations.
Shoplifting has become a heated issue, partly fueled by a viral video of a person brazenly putting items into a garbage bag and bicycling out of a Walgreens, past a security guard, in June.
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How? Do they put up "Please Don't Shoplift" signs?
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Walgreens, at least in SF, would be better served operating a ‘we-deliver’ system, where you go on-line and the items are ordered, and delivered each evening between 7 and 10 PM. Zero reason to run a brick-and-mortar pharmacy in an urbanized area like this.
Thank soros. Rico rudy where are you?
Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, gets past the ace analysts of the Chronicle.
Leftist logic:
1. Police enforcement of crimes is racist.
2. Stop enforcing the laws.
3. No more racism!
And now,
1. Racist stores shut down bc of shoplifting.
2. Give the shoplifters unemployment benefits.
“The numerous elderly in SF will need Walgreens to fill prescriptions but the losers in government do not care about the elderly or families or students in SF.”
Who do the numerous elderly in SF vote for? Oh well, elections have consequences.
Why not just convert to drive-through/curbside service only? Very limited theft if you get the payment before the dude even has items in hand.
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