Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2020
The pharmacist is out: supermarkets close pharmacy counters
26 January 2020 - Regional grocery chains get squeezed by consolidation, shrinking profits in prescription drugs.
In some towns, it is getting harder to pick up your blood-pressure pills with that gallon of milk and rotisserie chicken.
Hundreds of regional grocery stores in cities from Minneapolis to Seattle are closing or selling pharmacy counters, which have been struggling as consumers make fewer trips to fill prescriptions and big drugstore chains tighten their grip on the U.S. market.
