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Pharmacies are playing a bigger role in local retail during the pandemic

by Erika Beras
Aug 5, 2020
They're more and more becoming one-stop shops for people who want to consolidate shopping trips.
About 23 1/2 million Americans don’t live that close to grocery stores, but most people do live within 5 miles of a Walgreens or CVS.
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Costco and Instacart expand deliveries to include prescription drugs

by Kristin Schwab
Apr 20, 2020
It's an effort to compete with drugstore chains and pharmacy startups.
About 90% of prescriptions are filled in person. Will the pandemic change that?
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CVS bets on becoming "a 360 health company"

by Jack Stewart
May 1, 2019
The company is finding ways to attract more customers.
With an ever-growing number of health-care consumers becoming ever-more cost-sensitive, CVS is at an advantage.
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Grocery retailer Albertsons to buy drugstore chain Rite Aid

by Associated Press
Feb 20, 2018
Albertsons is plunging deeper into the pharmacy business.
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