From what I understand, the company said they weren't making enough moneyfrom prescriptions, which seems crazy to me. I was in that store 3-4 times a week and there were ALWAYS half a dozen folks waiting for prescriptions to be filled.
There is a "pharmacy only" in the building between Children's and Abbott-Northwestern on Chicago, but that's it for Phillips. That's an awful big area to have only one pharmacy.
Contrary to what Jim Mork postulated, my understanding is that shrinkage is a bigger problem in Walgreen's type stores in more suburban and rural settings, the primary target items being makeup and Metabo-Life type diet pills (teen girls), condoms (teen boys) and pseudophed (for making crystal meth). That info comes from someone I know who was a regional manager for Rite-Aid Drugs on the east coast.
Anyway, it certainly sucks that they closed.
Eric Oines
Lind Bohanon - Home
Phillips - Work
_________________________________________________________________
Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
_______________________________________
Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy
Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
