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re: Walgreens buys Rite Aid

Posted on 10/27/15 at 11:20 pm to
Posted by HoustonChick86
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Posted on 10/27/15 at 11:20 pm to
Then why do you care?
Posted by dgnx6
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Posted on 10/27/15 at 11:23 pm to
I see quite a few rite aids every day in baton rouge. Usually next to walgreens or cvs, or all 3 on the same corner.
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 10/27/15 at 11:29 pm to
I just happened to see the article online(also I have the CNN app and it flashed as a top alert on my phone for some reason ). I'm a big Walgreens shopper and it just made me think about Rite Aid and how I don't see them anymore here.



I thought maybe I just had not paid enough attention, never realized they had all been bought out here(they used to be locations here at some point cause I remember going to one).



Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 10/27/15 at 11:39 pm to
The Rite-Aid remodels are nice. I find them much more attractive than the Walgreens I've visited.
Posted by NOLAManBlog
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 1:44 am to
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Walgreens better not get rid of the liquor aisle that Rite Aid has



^This to the next higher order of magnitude
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
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Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 2:07 am to
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I can't remember the last time I've ever seen a Rite Aid.


Come to New Orleans. They're on every street corner (where the K&B's used to be.) Rite Aid is who bought out the purple and white.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 2:14 am to
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Was K&B locally owned? I remember them being around years ago.


My nieces are the great great granddaughters of the founder of K&B. Sydney Besthoff III is their great uncle.

When K&B closed in 1997, the New Orleans area lost the best ice cream ever.
Posted by Titus Pullo
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:23 am to
A lot of Rite Aids in North AL. Along with Walgreen's and CVS.

And this

quote:

I'll only use locally owned pharmacys


Mom & Pop is the way to go. frick waiting an hour to count out a few pills.
This post was edited on 10/28/15 at 6:26 am
Posted by LSUfan20005
Member since Sep 2012
9256 posts
Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:35 am to
This is a big deal, giving WG over 15k locations....until they close some Rite Aids.

Consolidation is CPG is getting crazy. I couldn't believe when Kraft and Heinz merged.
Posted by sullivanct19a
Florida
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:40 am to
quote:

I'll only use locally owned pharmacys


Don't exist
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:40 am to
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I can't remember the last time I've ever seen a Rite Aid. All you see here are mostly Walgreens and CVS.


Baton Rouge has at least 4 if not 5. The one on Staring and Perkins is one of the best drug stores in Baton Rouge -- clean, safe, and lots of toys for the kiddies.
Posted by Titus Pullo
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:43 am to
They do here in North AL.
Posted by yellowfin
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:55 am to
Of course they do. I'm friends with the owners
Posted by nc14
La Jolla
Member since Jan 2012
28193 posts
Posted on 10/28/15 at 7:03 am to
When I was real young there were "service" stations on three out of four corners at main intersections. That later changed to fast food outlets and eventually to drug stores. You now find the fast food in the gas stations so next step in this progression is for drug channel to sell gas and fast food.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 7:12 am to
Publix pharmacy beats the shite out of the prices at Walgreens for the meds my SO has to take and there aren't all the poors hanging out everywhere.

Everything else is expensive as frick at publix, unless you get the BOGO free
Posted by Titus Pullo
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28567 posts
Posted on 10/28/15 at 7:33 am to
quote:

there aren't all the poors hanging out everywhere


quote:

Everything else is expensive as frick at publix,


Sounds like you might be one of those poors if Publix is too expensive for you.

Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 7:56 am to
Lulz. Publix is where I shop genius. I pay premium to avoid wal marks and other shite holes where poors congregate.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
52640 posts
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:00 am to
There are several here in Alabama. I was thinking the other day that consumers are getting fewer and fewer choices for the goods we buy. This isn't a good thing in regards to price and quality.
Posted by LSUfan20005
Member since Sep 2012
9256 posts
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:27 am to
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Lulz. Publix is where I shop genius. I pay premium to avoid wal marks and other shite holes where poors congregate


Congrats on the lost $?
Posted by Skillet
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:37 am to
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