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Walgreens shuts another Boston pharmacy, this time in West Roxbury

By adamg on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 11:59am

Walgreens, which has been shutting Boston pharmacies left and right over the past couple of years, yesterday closed its pharmacy at 1999 Centre St. in West Roxbury.

The store, which began emptying its shelves a couple of weeks ago, was locked this morning, with a sign on the door saying it had transferred its prescriptions to the CVS down Centre Street.

The move leaves Centre and Spring streets with just two pharmacies - the CVS and the one inside the Star Market on Spring Street.

Neighborhoods: 
West Roxbury
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Walgreens
Centre Street


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Comments

By Polybius on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 12:10pm.

Obviously they should try locking even more of their merchandise in cases so that people have to wait for the 2 employees stretched to cover the whole store to get to them. That'll improve profitability.

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By Cleary Squared on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 12:40pm.

I often went down to the Walgreens there when I couldn't get things from CVS. It was actually clean and well-stocked; the pharmacy wasn't all that busy.

Hopefully with the square footage there, another store will take its place - not necessarily a pharmacy, but perhaps a Trader Joe's or another local (fun size) Target. Soon enough, the "only game in town" to get things within the Belgrade Avenue/Spring Street corridor will be CVS, Star Market or Roche Bros.

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By Keiko on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 12:54pm.

Can't stand CVS. They're expensive and their lines are long. For years, I've chosen Walgren's over CVS. The rare times I've been in a CVS, I regret it.

But here in West Roxbury, if I have a prescription, I go to the Osco in Star Market. Happy with them.

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By anon on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 4:21pm.

Bring back NHD!

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By Plen-T-Pak on Sat, 11/09/2024 - 4:19pm.

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By Mark- on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 4:48pm.

Last time I was in there, I needed a tube of toothpaste. There was none to be found. I asked the cashier (and the only employee I saw) and he said someone came in and stole them all. “I tried to go after them but we’re not supposed to do that,” he said.

I felt bad for the pharmacists at Walgreens. They were always running around trying to keep up with the phones and the lines of people and the insurance questions. They obviously needed more people.

This year I switched to Sullivans in Roslindale Square. It’s a much better experience, and you’re supporting an increasingly rare local pharmacy.

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By anon on Sun, 11/10/2024 - 2:18pm.

Second switching from CVS to Sullivan's. Will never go back to CVS again.

By Nick Yudin on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 8:22pm.

There are too many retail stores with repetitive merchandise.
Retail drugstores are a shoplifting target.
Two of the reasons CVS is struggling as a company.

By cybah on Sat, 11/09/2024 - 11:11am.

Retail drugstores are a shoplifting target.

Don't believe everything you read about this. There have been other articles to state this has been blow way out of proportion and it is not what it seems.

I live near two CVS's and a Walgreens. CVS on b'way has just about everything locked behind some form of plexiglass. CVS up on the parkway (in a shopping center) only has formula locked up. Walgreens has ZERO locked up.

Same town. Same stores. Why is this? Race. Its racial. Sure Chelsea is heavy latino, but its mostly in the downtown area. Where the parkway CVS is, its surrounded by complexes that have white people.

Don't believe me? Go to any CVS out in the burbs. Then hit up a CVS in Dorchester or Mattapan. You'll quickly see what I mean. This is 100% racial based.

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By Gary C on Sat, 11/09/2024 - 3:52pm.

That Walgreens has been a ghost town for a decade or more. I was always saying to my wife, "How can they stay in business?" Then we would have a long discussion about what should go in there when Walgreen's folds. (Seriously, we had this talk over 10 years ago.)

My answer? A bowling alley. It would need to serve beer+, but it shouldn't be an upscale place like Kings. Think of the kids birthday parties and leagues every night and Sundays with the family. The building is big enough and has a gigantic parking lot. Maybe a Flatbread Pizza like the one in Boston Landing. Pizza, Beer, Bowling, Parking? What more do you need?

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By Michael Kerpan on Sat, 11/09/2024 - 3:57pm.

https://www.rocknbowl.com/new-orleans

By Don't Panic on Mon, 11/11/2024 - 1:13am.

I doubt if anyone did a study but I believe the shutting down of neighborhood bowling alleys led to an increase in youth gang activity.

Would Castlegate had been such a big thing if the alley that was in Grove Hall with the ball and pin entrance leading downstairs to the alleys was still open in the 80s?
Inquiring minds want to know!