@Walgreens will be closing 5 additional stores in San Francisco – including the one located at 4645 Mission St in the Excelsior Customers with prescriptions at those locations will have their files moved to a nearby Walgreens location, SFGATE reported.
2550 Ocean Ave. will close on Nov. 8 and will transfer prescription files to 1630 Ocean Ave.
4645 Mission St. will close on Nov. …
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“The cost of business and shoplifting led Walgreens to shut 17 locations in San Francisco in the past five years — an “unpopular and difficult decision,” Jason Cunningham, regional vice president for pharmacy and retail operations in California and Hawaii, said at the hearing. The company still has 53 stores in the city.
I the company still has 53 stores in the city. Theft in Walgreens’ San Francisco stores is four times the average for stores elsewhere in the country, and the chain spends 35 times more on security guards in the city than elsewhere, Cunningham said.
The retailer had previously shuttered 17 stores in San Francisco during the past five years, Fox News reported. A member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors said the new closures will “significantly impact” the community.
When are the Walgreens stores closing?
The first store will close on Nov. 8 , another on Nov. 11, two on Nov. 15, and the final location on Nov. 17. According to SFGate, Walgreens has decided to close these locations over shoplifting concerns that have had an impact on the company’s bottom line, as well as the safety of its employees and customers.
What happens when CVS and Walgreens close?
“What I want people who commit these crimes to understand: your mother, your grandmother, your relatives, they depend on places like Walgreens and CVS and Targets where they have pharmacies to get their medications,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said. “So, when these locations close in a community, then the entire community loses .”.
Ahsha Safai, who is a supervisor for Walgreens in San Francisco, said that the closure of the Mission Street location is devastating , according to SFGATE. ” [It] has been a staple for seniors, families and children for decades,” he said. “This is a sad day for San Francisco,” Safai added.
How bad is the theft at Walgreens in San Francisco?
Theft in Walgreens’ San Francisco stores is four times the average for stores elsewhere in the country, and the chain spends 35 times more on security guards in the city than elsewhere, Cunningham said.
You should be thinking “Does Walgreens have a shoplifting problem?”
Additionally, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Walgreens stores that are closing had only seven reported shoplifting incidents this year, and the five stores set to close had fewer than two reported shoplifting incidents per month on average.