More Bay Area pharmacies will close permanently

San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | Feb. 13, 2023 Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 2:14 p.m. | Tessa McLean , SFGATE

[thecodont]

More pharmacies are closing in the Bay Area, adding to an already shrinking list of stores. Walgreens recently purchased Pharmaca, which once operated at least seven stores in the Bay Area, and will shutter the company’s shops.

Pharmaca’s East Bay locations in Berkeley and Oakland ended pharmacy services Feb. 9, and the store’s retail component is set to end by Feb. 25, according to reporting from the Oaklandside.

The only San Francisco location, in Cole Valley, closed in October 2022. There are Pharmaca locations in Mill Valley, Menlo Park, Sonoma, Napa and Novato. exp-player-logo Read More

Walgreens recently bought Medly Health, which owns Pharmaca, for $19.4 million. The parent company filed for bankruptcy last year.

The Walgreens in Oakland’s Pill Hill on Telegraph Avenue closed in November 2022, and the CVS at 30th and Broadway in Oakland closed last month. The downtown Berkeley CVS closed in June 2022. Walgreens has closed at least 12 stores in San Francisco since the beginning of 2019.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Perhaps the bay area needs a blue ribbon Commission to investigate the cause of this. Also they should consider fining any company that closes a money losing enterprise.

Refusing to operate a money losing business is just greedy.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Public school flash mob smash and grab robberies just made life tougher for a lot of people. Cell phones aren’t always a good idea.

[SaveFerris]

Retail theft is at a wild pace.

When the places close, the thieves will have no idea what to do.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

(top of the picture)

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Sweet! Liberal tears water my garden.

[MeganC]

Go woke, go broke.

[olivia3boys]

I think it’s mail order. I get my prescriptions all by mail….

[from occupied ga]

Let's see. allow thieves to get off free as long as they steal less than $950 at one time. Charge business owners who try to keep bums off their property with assault, and then act surprised when businesses leave and complain about "food deserts", and now no doubt "pharmacy deserts." Meanwhile coddle criminals and illegal aliens and raise the taxes on the hones hardworking to pay for the indolent to sit o their backsides all day.

What a great formula for a success. Since the parasites outnumber the productive, and the parasite votes count the same as the productive members of society, ensure that there will be a parasite loving self congratulatory government to screw the honest and reward the criminals in perpetuity.

[Republican Wildcat]

Let's see. allow thieves to get off free as long as they steal less than $950 at one time. Charge business owners who try to keep bums off their property with assault, and then act surprised when businesses leave and complain about "food deserts", and now no doubt "pharmacy deserts." Meanwhile coddle criminals and illegal aliens and raise the taxes on the hones hardworking to pay for the indolent to sit o their backsides all day. What a great formula for a success. Since the parasites outnumber the productive, and the parasite votes count the same as the productive members of society, ensure that there will be a parasite loving self congratulatory government to screw the honest and reward the criminals in perpetuity.

Another moment brought to you by the Democrats and their policies - and those that vote them into office.

[immadashell]

Maybe the cities can buy up the empty stores for housing the homeless or housing for illegal aliens seeking sanctuary status.

[irishjuggler]

As a Bay Area resident, I’m the first to knock local politicians and D.A.s for coddling criminals and making the region a terrible place to do business. With that said, it’s a bit cheesy of Walgreen’s to purchase a small local competitor and then within a few months shut down all 7 of the former competitors’ stores. I’m reminded by an analogous situation a number of years ago in which there was a local bakery chain called La Boulange that was selling coffee and pastries. Their stores were scattered around the various upscale neighborhoods that also typically contained a Starbucks. Anyhow, Starbucks bought out the La Boulange chain... and then proceeded to shutter all of their stores, thereby eliminating an up-and-coming competitor.

[thecodont]

I’m reminded by an analogous situation a number of years ago in which there was a local bakery chain called La Boulange that was selling coffee and pastries. Their stores were scattered around the various upscale neighborhoods that also typically contained a Starbucks. Anyhow, Starbucks bought out the La Boulange chain... and then proceeded to shutter all of their stores, thereby eliminating an up-and-coming competitor.

I barely remember La Boulange. Thanks.

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-starbucks-closed-la-boulange-bakeries-2015-6

[SaveFerris]

There should be another line at the bottom:

“Haha, thieves. Try stealing elsewhere. Thanks for nothing.”

[joma89]

Stupid people who vote for other stupid people who make stupid laws that then create a disaster of a city.

Who knew?

[Vendome]

That’s antitrust, right there and the stock holders should be pissed because the purchase served no accretive value.

[thegagline]

Retail theft is at a wild pace.

When the places close, the thieves will have no idea what to do.

They know exactly what to do. Reparations.

[SaveFerris]

Pity the few good folks surrounded by thieves with no conscience who are making certain they’ll have no place where to shop for necessities.

[Lockbox]

What’s next, city sues businesses for not open locations in their city? I wouldn’t put it past them.....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Pharmaca was not up and coming. It was in bankruptcy. Walgreens is keeping the stores outside of San Fransicko open.