Walgreens

[Zuplar]

That store on 89th and Penn is indeed a terrible store, but it was heavily used. There is one further south on 119th and Penn but it's always busy as well, I imagine now it's going to be even worse.

[TheTravellers]

Walgreens just announced 150 stores will be closing.
Oklahoma stores:
9011 S. Pennsylvania OKC
6505 E. 71st Tulsa
6000 S. Pennsylvania OKC
4400 NW 23rd OKC

****, we left the 50th/May store a long time ago because it was such a hellhole (insane lines at the pharmacy with all kinds of stupidity happening with every customer, took forever), and started using 23rd/May. Guess we're gonna go to delivery of our prescriptions now and just stop going to them at all, don't want to ever set foot in the 50th/May store ever again.

[NavySeabee]

****, we left the 50th/May store a long time ago because it was such a hellhole (insane lines at the pharmacy with all kinds of stupidity happening with every customer, took forever), and started using 23rd/May. Guess we're gonna go to delivery of our prescriptions now and just stop going to them at all, don't want to ever set foot in the 50th/May store ever again.

I think the one closing on 23rd is the one at Meridian.

[TheTravellers]

I think the one closing on 23rd is the one at Meridian.

My bad, you're right, the one at 23rd/May is 2400 N May, hadn't had enough coffee. Whew, got a reprieve, thx for the clue...

[fortpatches]

Walgreens just announced 150 stores will be closing.
Oklahoma stores:
9011 S. Pennsylvania OKC
6505 E. 71st Tulsa
6000 S. Pennsylvania OKC
4400 NW 23rd OKC

The 4400 NW 23rd location already had the Pharmacy closed like 6 months ago. At the time, Walgreens said they had no intention of closing the rest of the store.... Guess they changed their mind!

[Pete]

The pharmacies are in the back of the stores for a reason: to draw customers through the rest of the store.

Even moving more towards a drive-thru model has had to hurt foot traffic at Walgreens and CVS.

And of course, the pharmacy business model is being disrupted on various fronts, especially the deep discounters like Walmart and various online options.

[acumpton]

That store on 89th and Penn is indeed a terrible store, but it was heavily used. There is one further south on 119th and Penn but it's always busy as well, I imagine now it's going to be even worse.

The one on 119th and Penn is the one we have always used. Thinking I'll need to change to Chris' Express soon.

[Zuplar]

The one on 119th and Penn is the one we have always used. Thinking I'll need to change to Chris' Express soon.

Yeah we may do the same, although that's just even further from our house. May swap to Walmart if there is a pharmacy in the neighborhood market on 134th and May.

[floyd the barber]

Walgreens just announced 150 stores will be closing.
Oklahoma stores:
9011 S. Pennsylvania OKC
6505 E. 71st Tulsa
6000 S. Pennsylvania OKC
4400 NW 23rd OKC

Good riddance, I say.

[baralheia]

The 4400 NW 23rd location already had the Pharmacy closed like 6 months ago. At the time, Walgreens said they had no intention of closing the rest of the store.... Guess they changed their mind!

What's bizarre to me is they closed the pharmacy at the SW 44th and S Shields store, but that store will be staying open?? And instead they're closing SW 89th and Penn, the one Walgreens on the south side that still had decent pharmacy hours??? I'm so confused right now.

[bombermwc]

It's all about if the overall store is performing well. Pharmacies can make money, but they also cost a lot of money too. If enough people are using the "market" side of the store to keep it going, well there you go. There are plenty of other local pharmacies near any of these, that you'll probably have a faster and better customer experience anyway.

I try to only use these places for covid booster/flu shots (only because my pharmacy doesn't carry the brand of covid shot that I prefer). They are good FedEx drop locations too, although i dont think they make much off of that....if any really. I treat the market side as an alternative when i dont want to go all the way to walmart to get something like gauze or certain shelf medications. It's convenience, but we also pay for that convenience. I'm honestly surprised that most of these places are not already closed. I just can't think of why people would buy most of the things that are in there, when the prices for the grocery store down the street are so much better. Then i remember how lazy people are and that sometimes just doing it all in one place is the winner. Or if you're less mobile, it really is a factor for you.

[TheTravellers]

... I just can't think of why people would buy most of the things that are in there, when the prices for the grocery store down the street are so much better. Then i remember how lazy people are and that sometimes just doing it all in one place is the winner. Or if you're less mobile, it really is a factor for you.

We're perfectly mobile and not lazy. We use Walgreens because they're 1 mile down May Ave from us, and we don't shop at Walmart/Sam's/Amazon because they're evil. We get grocery delivery from Kroger, and they don't carry some of the products we buy at Walgreens - wife's Neutrogena products, my contact lens solution, a few things like that, plus our prescriptions, and usually what we buy has some kind of special going on when we use their rewards program. However, they've stopped carrying some things we used to get, we need to find some place else to buy them (Target online, maybe), so we are actually using them quite a bit less than we used to. The shelves at the 23rd/May store are always 1/4 empty, so that's been frustrating too.

[MagzOK]

All I know is that just about every time I pass our local Walgreens down on Covell and Kelly, the RX drive thru is just packed with at least 7-12 vehicles all waiting. I just pass it then walk into my local pharmacy and I'm in and out in about 5 minutes. The CVS at Danforth and Santa Fe is just the same. I don't really understand why people flock to Walgreens or CVS, but that's okay.

[floyd the barber]

All I know is that just about every time I pass our local Walgreens down on Covell and Kelly, the RX drive thru is just packed with at least 7-12 vehicles all waiting. I just pass it then walk into my local pharmacy and I'm in and out in about 5 minutes. The CVS at Danforth and Santa Fe is just the same. I don't really understand why people flock to Walgreens or CVS, but that's okay.

It confuses me as well.

Walgreen's has terrible service, their stores are dirty, and you cannot find anything. It is a Dollar General with a pharmacy.

I would rather spend my money on small, local pharmacies. The lines are always shorter and the customer service is so much better.

The only thing Walgreens has going for them is a 24 hr pharmacy, but my medications can wait until day hours. The only time I use Walgreens is if I am in an emergency situation where I need medications now, but even Walmart has competitive hours and I would rather go there.

[Jersey Boss]

All I know is that just about every time I pass our local Walgreens down on Covell and Kelly, the RX drive thru is just packed with at least 7-12 vehicles all waiting. I just pass it then walk into my local pharmacy and I'm in and out in about 5 minutes. The CVS at Danforth and Santa Fe is just the same. I don't really understand why people flock to Walgreens or CVS, but that's okay.

Captives to insurance companies(prefered pharmacies and prices) and for profit healthcare.

[TheTravellers]

It confuses me as well.

Walgreen's has terrible service, their stores are dirty, and you cannot find anything. It is a Dollar General with a pharmacy. ...

Generalize much? The 23rd/May Walgreens is not dirty, you can find anything they have in stock, just read the aisle signs. Their main problem is not having enough stock, way too many empty shelf spaces.

[unfundedrick]

Captives to insurance companies(prefered pharmacies and prices) and for profit healthcare.

That's very true. I switched to Walgreens last year after switching insurance companies; I have 6 prescriptions for my heart that I will always take. They are preferred by my insurance company which means that 4 of the prescriptions are free and one is only a couple of dollars. The 6th prescription is about $50 less than I had been paying. The insurance premium is about $7.00 per month, which saves about $100.00,

I can endure a lot of wait time for that kind of savings.

[Rover]

It confuses me as well.

Walgreen's has terrible service, their stores are dirty, and you cannot find anything. It is a Dollar General with a pharmacy.

I would rather spend my money on small, local pharmacies. The lines are always shorter and the customer service is so much better.

The only thing Walgreens has going for them is a 24 hr pharmacy, but my medications can wait until day hours. The only time I use Walgreens is if I am in an emergency situation where I need medications now, but even Walmart has competitive hours and I would rather go there.

Which Wallgreen do you go to. I go to 122nd and May or Briton and Penn. Both are clean and stocked well. The one at 23rd and Classen seems fine too.

That said, we sponsor an app showing best pricing for specific rx and Walgreens, CVS, and Sams are rarely the cheapest.

[corwin1968]

Walgreens has owned the lot on the SE corner of NW 164th and May for maybe as long as we've lived in the area, which is 15 years. The lot is just North of that (god-awful) McDonalds and I wonder if they will sell it now? It would be nice to get something decent on that corner.