Good news for Delawareans who need prescriptions overnight: Walgreens has reopened its 24-hour pharmacy in Bear. And its “Seaford and Lewes locations are planned to return to 24-hour Rx services,” said Samantha Stansberry, manager of retail merchandising and marketing communications. DelawareLive.com is the first media outlet to report the news. The Bear store is at 1120 Pulaski Highway (Route 40) …
Rite Aid’s declaration of bankruptcy in mid-October was quickly followed by the announcement that it was closing two stores in Delaware – in Chestnut Hill Plaza near Newark and at 3209 Kirkwood Highway, near Prices Corner. The only Rite Aid in Claymont – at 2713 Philadelphia Pike – closed Nov. 16, but without any announcement to customers. Rite Aid now …
Downbeat stories are developing about all three of America’s biggest drugstores chains. Rite Aid announced Sunday that it’s filing for bankruptcy and followed up by saying it will close 154 locations, including stores in Chestnut Hill Plaza near Newark and at 3209 Kirkwood Highway, near Prices Corner. Twelve CVS locations in the Kansas City area closed in September “because the …
Pharmacies trying to surmount national staffing shortages and burnout are buying robots to sort meds, using remote pharmacists, offering bonuses as high as $75,000 and changing how pharmacists are evaluated. They’re also cutting store hours. That’s why it appears that Delaware no longer has any 24-hour bricks-and-mortar retail pharmacies. For now. But there’s hope. Walgreens, the No. 2 pharmacy chain …
