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Belly Buttons, Drug Stores, Batteries, and Forrest Gump

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Golden Girls with SW Desert Homes BR564219000

Belly Buttons, Drug Stores, Batteries, and Forrest Gump

Walgreens and Forrest GumpIs there anyone out there besides me that finds it amazing how many Walgreens, CVS, and other drugstore companies are being built?  I mean, how many can there be?  Even more fascinating is seeing them build kitty-corner from each other at an intersection.

I came across an email today that mentioned top items NOT to buy at drugstores, and thought it was pretty interesting.  I mean, there's got to be a reason why they keep proliferating, and maybe this is why.

So...on the list are the following items:

Batteries
Cleaning Products
Eye care Products
Greeting cards
Office or school supplies
Over the counter medicine
Photo prints (really??  I always buy them here)
Pregnancy tests
Prescription drugs
Toys and games

In looking over the list, I found quite a few items amazing.  I mean, after all, this is a drug store but we should purchase our prescriptions, over the counter meds, and eye care elsewhere.

Stores like Sams, Costco, Walmart, the Dollar Store...or online for photos (Snapfish or Shutterfly, for instance)

Of course, when I read that list I think of all the Walmarts out there as well.

I don't know about you, but it just seems strange how CHAIN store America is becoming.  Every town with enough people seems to have a Walgreens, Walmart, and McDonalds.  It's all so belly-button.

Like Forrest Gump always said, "And that's all I got to say about that"

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Cara Marcelle Mancuso, Golden Girls with SW Desert Homes

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John G. Johnston
John G. Johnston & Associates, LLC - Westcliffe, CO
An Exclusive Buyer's Agent ~ Westcliffe, CO

Cara  Cute blog but very to the point!  I know many of the restaurants on all four corners are all owned by FGIFridays or whatever the parent company is.  Who better to compete with than yourself!  I moved to small town America just to get away from the big box stores.  We have a Shell and Conoco service station and a Subway inside the Shell.  The only other chain is Ace Hardware.  Enjoy your day!

Mar 13, 2014 01:19 PM
Gabrielle Kamahele Rhind
KGC Properties LLC, Tucson Property Management & Real Estate - Tucson, AZ
Broker/Owner

HI CARA - they ARE everywhere and on each corner.  Really now, where are people suppose to buy some of these things then?!

Mar 14, 2014 08:50 PM