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People can have their meds delivered to their homes now there is no argument for abandonment of care to be made here.

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Yes, they could sell online only and deliver. That would be way cheaper than the security spend plus losses from theft.

The issue then becomes: who in their right mind would deliver drugs in that community. How long before you are robbed and killed?!

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Amazon has an online pharmacy and are likely already delivering packages in that hood

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People can have their meds delivered to their homes now there is no argument for abandonment of care to be made here.

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Yes, they could sell online only and deliver. That would be way cheaper than the security spend plus losses from theft.

The issue then becomes: who in their right mind would deliver drugs in that community. How long before you are robbed and killed?!

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Amazon has an online pharmacy and are likely already delivering packages in that hood

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And probably have vehicles, like those on the South Side of SA, with bullet holes in them.

Are there any 1950's-60's segregationists still alive. I want to tell them "You were right."

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Hopefully by drone?

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These people aren't just stealing because they are desperate, they are stealing and running black market businesses. And the police are so understaffed and that area is so dangerous that these black market operators are untouchable. That said, organized crime has connection to the politicians in that city.

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Do you remember Mark Rober on YoutTube? He was the NASA engineer that started making teh porch pirate glitter bombs...

Anyway, he also did a bait car in LA after getting a window smashed and losing a laptop. In one of his last videos, he drove past a popup street market. The person (I think LAPD) confirmed that 100% of the goods being sold were stolen from local grocery stores and pharmacies. It was all small items, socks, toiletries, personal hygiene, etc. The cops knew everything was 100% stolen goods and it was a massive organized venture, but they didn't have the resources to even crack the surface.

Edit to add... Heres' the video

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This proves Walgreens is racist, right libs?

The black community continues to demand soft on crime policies and then is outraged when businesses close and leave. Perhaps they should come together and fund/create a government run pharmacy.

BREAKING: Walgreens reveals the Chicago South Side store they are shuttering after 20 years, lost $1 million mainly due to theft last year, which is 4x the company average, while they spent $400k a year on security and employees still got assaulted.

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2026

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So the AVERAGE Walgreens loses $250k/yr to theft?
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THAT glared out at me on the first reading. I almost posted it immediately, but knew I was late to the thread!!!

$250,000 annually PER STORE???

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You used 'glared' incorrectly.

As for the loss, if a press release stated a typical Walgreen grosses over $2.5 million in revenue annually while suffering losses of 10% due to theft, would it sound more believable?

I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Those of us who are old enough remember that as the "Service Merchandise" model. You went to the counter and told them what you wanted. You paid for it. Then you waited by a little conveyor belt for your order to arrive out of the back.

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And you watched Wheel of Fortune to see what new products they had this week.

The ceramic cats for $2k will always by a classic.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Those of us who are old enough remember that as the "Service Merchandise" model. You went to the counter and told them what you wanted. You paid for it. Then you waited by a little conveyor belt for your order to arrive out of the back.

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And you watched Wheel of Fortune to see what new products they had this week.

The ceramic cats for $2k will always by a classic.

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You watched Wheel of Fortune to see Vanna White's legs. But along the way you also heard about Service Merchandise's new offerings.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Pretty sure today this is called "curbside"
But you're absolutely correct. You'll submit your order in advance for pickup.

The problem with this is that for small items I'm sure there is a significant portion of their sales that are "impulse" in nature. Sure there's grabbing a candy bar, buy there's also the new item or the thing on the shelf that catches your eye while you're looking for something else. Not always the greatest for the American pocketbook, but probably good for corporate.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Those of us who are old enough remember that as the "Service Merchandise" model. You went to the counter and told them what you wanted. You paid for it. Then you waited by a little conveyor belt for your order to arrive out of the back.

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And you watched Wheel of Fortune to see what new products they had this week.

The ceramic cats for $2k will always by a classic.

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Sheldon the ceramic Dalmatian became the unofficial mascot of the show.

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Amazon has an online pharmacy and are likely already delivering packages in that hood

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Hopefully by drone?

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I don't think that would go well either. They'd become target practice.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Those of us who are old enough remember that as the "Service Merchandise" model. You went to the counter and told them what you wanted. You paid for it. Then you waited by a little conveyor belt for your order to arrive out of the back.

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And you watched Wheel of Fortune to see what new products they had this week.

The ceramic cats for $2k will always by a classic.

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You watched Wheel of Fortune to see Vanna White's legs. But along the way you also heard about Service Merchandise's new offerings.

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I tuned in to see her 34Cs, she always wore dresses that covered up her legs.

Hugh Hefner didn't care about her legs, either.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Those of us who are old enough remember that as the "Service Merchandise" model. You went to the counter and told them what you wanted. You paid for it. Then you waited by a little conveyor belt for your order to arrive out of the back.

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And you watched Wheel of Fortune to see what new products they had this week.

The ceramic cats for $2k will always by a classic.

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You watched Wheel of Fortune to see Vanna White's legs. But along the way you also heard about Service Merchandise's new offerings.

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I tuned in to see her 34Cs, she always wore dresses that covered up her legs.

Hugh Hefner didn't care about her legs, either.

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Vanna had a little something for everybody. The letters on the bottom row were my favorite.

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When I read this all I can think is that the vast majority of us have to be greatly inconvienced because a percentage of our population's bad actions and half the country being unwilling to take the steps necessary to stop it. Heck, we all already have to pay higher prices for this nonsense.

And if you spend as much time in blue cities as I do, you already know the quality of service you will get from the clerks.

I needed something from a CVS type store in California that in regular America I could pick off the shelf and check myself out, but there I had to wait 10 minutes while I listened to the clerk chat on the phone with his girlfriend about which bills they could skip to go to a concert.

You can't invent a business model that will be successful serving decent people in an area where low morality is the norm and poor character is rewarded and thriving.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Have you ever bought beer in Ontario Canada? This is how they do it. I think the laws have changed slightly to allow some small packages to be sold at grocery stores but before then if you wanted to buy beer you had to do it at The Beer Store. You walk in and look at a menu of prices at the counter and place your order and some dude in a parka in the back puts your beer on a conveyor belt and it shows up at the front like luggage at an airport.

The store was owned by a consortium of the three biggest brewers in Canada. No beer runs possible.

Remember that a lot of the progressive cities with Soros DAs have passed laws making theft under a certain amount (usually $900-1,000) a misdemeanor, not subject to arrest. Videos of crowds pushing shopping carts of merchandise past crying shop owners in Oakland, Portland and others are gut-wrenching. Not to mention all the dine and dash videos on TikTok. They push it as some sort of reparations policy, but of course it's just another nail in the coffin of social sanity and American urban living.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Those of us who are old enough remember that as the "Service Merchandise" model. You went to the counter and told them what you wanted. You paid for it. Then you waited by a little conveyor belt for your order to arrive out of the back.

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And you watched Wheel of Fortune to see what new products they had this week.

The ceramic cats for $2k will always by a classic.

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You watched Wheel of Fortune to see Vanna White's legs. But along the way you also heard about Service Merchandise's new offerings.

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I tuned in to see her 34Cs, she always wore dresses that covered up her legs.

Hugh Hefner didn't care about her legs, either.

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Vanna had a little something for everybody. The letters on the bottom row were my favorite.

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no hips... WNB

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Have you ever bought beer in Ontario Canada? This is how they do it. I think the laws have changed slightly to allow some small packages to be sold at grocery stores but before then if you wanted to buy beer you had to do it at The Beer Store. You walk in and look at a menu of prices at the counter and place your order and some dude in a parka in the back puts your beer on a conveyor belt and it shows up at the front like luggage at an airport.

The store was owned by a consortium of the three biggest brewers in Canada. No beer runs possible.

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Come to think about it I've only bought beer at a bar or restaurant. Picked up a few bottles for the room at Sobeys though

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People can have their meds delivered to their homes now there is no argument for abandonment of care to be made here.

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Yes, they could sell online only and deliver. That would be way cheaper than the security spend plus losses from theft.

The issue then becomes: who in their right mind would deliver drugs in that community. How long before you are robbed and killed?!

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Amazon has an online pharmacy and are likely already delivering packages in that hood

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To be clear, Amazon isn't delivering anything third-party companies are and theft and assault in those areas against said drivers are high.

Even if a truck says Amazon, it's a third-party 99.99% of the time maybe 100 now.

You can start your own delivery business with just a couple of trucks and start taking packages

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These people aren't just stealing because they are desperate, they are stealing and running black market businesses. And the police are so understaffed and that area is so dangerous that these black market operators are untouchable. That said, organized crime has connection to the politicians in that city.

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They're not stealing aspirin and sinus medicine. They're stealing makeup and beauty products that can be resold.

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Dayum!

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I'm sure the MSM will spin this as greed on the part of Walgreens. The truth - that black culture is utterly and completely broken due to left wing policies - can never be spoken.

LBJ is 31% of the way to achieving his goal.

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I've read some articles recently about the possibility of some retailers returning to the "general store" model where customer tells the clerk what they want, then the clerk goes and collects the items for their order without the customer having access to any merchandise until it is paid for.

It got me thinking about how stores like Walgreen's and CVS could basically convert to a warehouse with a relatively small lobby area with a bunch of ordering kiosks like fast food restaurants have started doing. Customers place their order and an employee in the warehouse rounds up the items. What they would lose in impulse sales they would easily make up for from a reduction in shrink.

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Have you ever bought beer in Ontario Canada? This is how they do it. I think the laws have changed slightly to allow some small packages to be sold at grocery stores but before then if you wanted to buy beer you had to do it at The Beer Store. You walk in and look at a menu of prices at the counter and place your order and some dude in a parka in the back puts your beer on a conveyor belt and it shows up at the front like luggage at an airport.

The store was owned by a consortium of the three biggest brewers in Canada. No beer runs possible.

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here in the UK this is how Screwfix (home improvement store) operates. the lobby area has a few small things but everything else is behind the counter. it works well.

Proof that the multiverse timeline is corrupt in the matrix. We had an astronaut proof store from the future, but it was sent back in time too soon.

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Proof that the multiverse timeline is corrupt in the matrix. We had an astronaut proof store from the future, but it was sent back in time too soon.

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In 2026 the mob would just rush the warehouse/back of the store and grab what they could.
Our culture had been absolutely hijacked.

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This proves Walgreens is racist, right libs?

The black community continues to demand soft on crime policies and then is outraged when businesses close and leave. Perhaps they should come together and fund/create a government run pharmacy.

BREAKING: Walgreens reveals the Chicago South Side store they are shuttering after 20 years, lost $1 million mainly due to theft last year, which is 4x the company average, while they spent $400k a year on security and employees still got assaulted.

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2026

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So the AVERAGE Walgreens loses $250k/yr to theft?
(I've stopped myself from posting this question multiple times because I'm so afraid I'm reading this wrong)

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Was in Walgreens yesterday in Santa Fe, NM. Weirdly run. They had all of the cosmetics and laundry detergent locked up. I've never seen that before. I guess there has been a run on cosmetics here by gangs of lipstick Lesbians?

And they seem to be either short staffed or running it that way on purpose. You basically ring a button to get service in certain parts of the store because they aren't staffed. Had an entire add-on liquor/wine/beer part of the building that was not staffed. You hit a button at the counter and then waited for service. Same thing for POS, the photo section, and any aisle that was locked up. Only fully staffed section was the Pharmacy which was booming in business. Never seen a line that long at Walgreens.

Edit: I didn't read half this thread before I posted but my example seems to confirm what others have said about returning to a Service Merchandise type model.

Probably the perfect space for a Learing Center.

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This proves Walgreens is racist, right libs?

The black community continues to demand soft on crime policies and then is outraged when businesses close and leave. Perhaps they should come together and fund/create a government run pharmacy.

BREAKING: Walgreens reveals the Chicago South Side store they are shuttering after 20 years, lost $1 million mainly due to theft last year, which is 4x the company average, while they spent $400k a year on security and employees still got assaulted.

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2026

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So the AVERAGE Walgreens loses $250k/yr to theft?
(I've stopped myself from posting this question multiple times because I'm so afraid I'm reading this wrong)

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Was in Walgreens yesterday in Santa Fe, NM. Weirdly run. They had all of the cosmetics and laundry detergent locked up. I've never seen that before. I guess there has been a run on cosmetics here by gangs of lipstick Lesbians?

And they seem to be either short staffed or running it that way on purpose. You basically ring a button to get service in certain parts of the store because they aren't staffed. Had an entire add-on liquor/wine/beer part of the building that was not staffed. You hit a button at the counter and then waited for service. Same thing for POS, the photo section, and any aisle that was locked up. Only fully staffed section was the Pharmacy which was booming in business. Never seen a line that long at Walgreens.

Edit: I didn't read half this thread before I posted but my example seems to confirm what others have said about returning to a Service Merchandise type model.

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Cosmetics are easily resold online, and laundry detergent is used as currency in the drug trade, so easy to understand why they're both locked up.

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This proves Walgreens is racist, right libs?

The black community continues to demand soft on crime policies and then is outraged when businesses close and leave. Perhaps they should come together and fund/create a government run pharmacy.

BREAKING: Walgreens reveals the Chicago South Side store they are shuttering after 20 years, lost $1 million mainly due to theft last year, which is 4x the company average, while they spent $400k a year on security and employees still got assaulted.

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2026

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So the AVERAGE Walgreens loses $250k/yr to theft?
(I've stopped myself from posting this question multiple times because I'm so afraid I'm reading this wrong)

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Was in Walgreens yesterday in Santa Fe, NM. Weirdly run. They had all of the cosmetics and laundry detergent locked up. I've never seen that before. I guess there has been a run on cosmetics here by gangs of lipstick Lesbians?

And they seem to be either short staffed or running it that way on purpose. You basically ring a button to get service in certain parts of the store because they aren't staffed. Had an entire add-on liquor/wine/beer part of the building that was not staffed. You hit a button at the counter and then waited for service. Same thing for POS, the photo section, and any aisle that was locked up. Only fully staffed section was the Pharmacy which was booming in business. Never seen a line that long at Walgreens.

Edit: I didn't read half this thread before I posted but my example seems to confirm what others have said about returning to a Service Merchandise type model.

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Cosmetics are easily resold online, and laundry detergent is used as currency in the drug trade, so easy to understand why they're both locked up.

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Makes sense but never seen that in Texas.

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Logos Stick said:

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This proves Walgreens is racist, right libs?

The black community continues to demand soft on crime policies and then is outraged when businesses close and leave. Perhaps they should come together and fund/create a government run pharmacy.

BREAKING: Walgreens reveals the Chicago South Side store they are shuttering after 20 years, lost $1 million mainly due to theft last year, which is 4x the company average, while they spent $400k a year on security and employees still got assaulted.

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2026

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So the AVERAGE Walgreens loses $250k/yr to theft?
(I've stopped myself from posting this question multiple times because I'm so afraid I'm reading this wrong)

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Was in Walgreens yesterday in Santa Fe, NM. Weirdly run. They had all of the cosmetics and laundry detergent locked up. I've never seen that before. I guess there has been a run on cosmetics here by gangs of lipstick Lesbians?

And they seem to be either short staffed or running it that way on purpose. You basically ring a button to get service in certain parts of the store because they aren't staffed. Had an entire add-on liquor/wine/beer part of the building that was not staffed. You hit a button at the counter and then waited for service. Same thing for POS, the photo section, and any aisle that was locked up. Only fully staffed section was the Pharmacy which was booming in business. Never seen a line that long at Walgreens.

Edit: I didn't read half this thread before I posted but my example seems to confirm what others have said about returning to a Service Merchandise type model.

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Cosmetics are easily resold online, and laundry detergent is used as currency in the drug trade, so easy to understand why they're both locked up.

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Makes sense but never seen that in Texas.

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I've seen it for at least the past 6 years in Texas. You must visit the other side of the tracks very often.

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Logos Stick said:

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This proves Walgreens is racist, right libs?

The black community continues to demand soft on crime policies and then is outraged when businesses close and leave. Perhaps they should come together and fund/create a government run pharmacy.

BREAKING: Walgreens reveals the Chicago South Side store they are shuttering after 20 years, lost $1 million mainly due to theft last year, which is 4x the company average, while they spent $400k a year on security and employees still got assaulted.

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2026

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So the AVERAGE Walgreens loses $250k/yr to theft?
(I've stopped myself from posting this question multiple times because I'm so afraid I'm reading this wrong)

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Was in Walgreens yesterday in Santa Fe, NM. Weirdly run. They had all of the cosmetics and laundry detergent locked up. I've never seen that before. I guess there has been a run on cosmetics here by gangs of lipstick Lesbians?

And they seem to be either short staffed or running it that way on purpose. You basically ring a button to get service in certain parts of the store because they aren't staffed. Had an entire add-on liquor/wine/beer part of the building that was not staffed. You hit a button at the counter and then waited for service. Same thing for POS, the photo section, and any aisle that was locked up. Only fully staffed section was the Pharmacy which was booming in business. Never seen a line that long at Walgreens.

Edit: I didn't read half this thread before I posted but my example seems to confirm what others have said about returning to a Service Merchandise type model.

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Cosmetics are easily resold online, and laundry detergent is used as currency in the drug trade, so easy to understand why they're both locked up.

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Makes sense but never seen that in Texas.

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I've seen it for at least the past 6 years in Texas. You must visit the other side of the tracks very often.

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I've seen OTC drugs locked up for years. I've never seen cosmetics and laundry detergent locked up and I've been in some crap Walgreens in worse areas than this one.