[justizin]

The Walgreens CEO was forced to admit on a public investor call that they had completely fabricated all of their concerns, that these closures were simply planned because San Francisco has far too many drugstores (in some areas there might be 3 walgreens within 2 blocks in each direction), and that they continued to suffer after closing the stores.

I’ve lived in SF almost 20 years, and Walgreens basically exists as a large corner store for people who want gatorade or doritos, and every single in-person pharmacy experience I have had in SF has been awful, sometimes an hour plus wait with 2-3 people in line. Often there are pharmacists behind the counter who simply refuse to talk to anyone.

These days I use Alto, and most people I know who don’t use some sort of online delivery service. In-person pharmacies suck unless you need a prescription with absolutely zero notice, and then they still suck at doing that.

As for the whole foods, anyone could have told folks that was a really stupid location for any sort of retail. That area has been struggling for a long time and the attempted solution was basically, “Bring a bunch of rich people to the area and hope all of the ‘problem’ people get locked up as a result.”

Shocking that did not work.

[nwienert]

You're truly distorting his words.