I was waiting on some photos at Walgreens in Gretna yesterday and figured I’d kill some time by heading on over to Casey Jones (the best family-owned supermarket on the West Bank) and getting a 12-pack. When I returned to Walgreens the photos still weren’t ready so I figured I would kinda hang around the pharmacy and try to figure out who was getting what ‘scripts. Birth control pills? Lipitor? Purple Drank? Then I saw some beer and wine and was like WTF?
Sure as shit. The free market has decided and the vices have won!
Drugstore chain Walgreen will start selling beer and wine as profit falls on non-pharmacy sales
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG), the second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, confirmed Tuesday that it will start selling beer and wine in a majority of its 7,000 stores.
Unfortunately, there is a cost…
The new Walgreens also will have fewer impulse items, such as Chia Pets
September 30th, 2010 at 10:24 am - Edit
On the one hand, fewer LSU Snuggies can only be a good thing. On the other hand – no Chia Obamas? Damn.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:24 pm - Edit
There was much rejoicing on my part when I walked into the Walgreen’s on Tchoupitoulas recently and saw BEER! It’s about damn time.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:40 pm - Edit
They still aint selling it cold though!
December 31st, 2010 at 9:28 pm - Edit
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May 31st, 2011 at 1:00 pm - Edit
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