Forget Rite Aid, another pharmacy chain shares new store closures
It has been a bleak period for pharmacies, which used to be essential community stores.
Pharmacies used to be an essential part of the community. They have evolved over the decades and no longer offer soda, fountains, or food, but until very recently, they remained very important.
Yes, at the court of their offering was a place where you could pick up your drug prescription. In reality, most pharmacies are so much more.
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In many cases of pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens stood in for a grocery store because it was more convenient. If you just needed some trash bags, a six pack of beer and a can of soup, your local pharmacy met those needs.
Recently, however, these stores have become less important. Some of that is because some prescriptions are now filled via the mail.
If you used to have to visit a local pharmacy once or twice a month to pick up medicine, you invariably bought other things. Take away the need to visit at the store and the store loses all of those high-margin sales.
