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Walgreens, CVS, Rite-Aid, etc., are way overpriced and carry a lot of junk merchandise. Their business model appears to be to get people to go in there to pick up their prescriptions which is way in back of store, forcing you to walk down long aisles crammed with potato chips, candy, and other junk so you can make impulse purchases on the way out. Many people still don't realize they can have prescription medicines mailed to their homes and when they do, what will be the purpose of going to these places?

Now not all retail is dead. In my town is a privately owned hardware store. It's not pretty. The aisles are narrow, the shelves are crammed, some parts of the store look like your uncle's messy garage with pegboards carrying sundry items on numerous hooks. But they have what you need 95% of the time without having to wade through miles of aisles at Home Depot or Lowes dodging uninterested workers in those silly aprons. Plus, the local hardware store in my town lets you take your dog inside and the owner has his golden retriever named Sally napping by the checkout counter.

“One of the reasons Walgreens is in trouble is their outrageous prices.”

i really don’t see how walgreens stays in business ... they grossly overbuilt stores in our little town, their prices are insanely ridiculous, and their pharmacy service is by far the worst of ALL the chains ... the last time i used a walgreens pharmacy, they charged me $12.50 for a single ten cent pill and told me that was the minimum charge for a prescription because of “overhead” ... i haven’t used a walgreens for pharmacy for decades because of that ... [since then, walgreens was forced to offer $4.00/month generic scripts because walmart was eating their lunch] ... my slogan for walgreens pharmacy was “If we can F*** it up, we will!” ...