In eastern NC, more and more Dollar General stores are being built.
The local CVS is in a bad neighborhood, and there's a locally owned drug store just a couple blocks away that is doing great. So losing CVS wouldn't be a biggie.
The Big Lots here still seems to be doing well.
My area doesn't have any of the other stores in the video.
True. Dollar General is like Dairy Queen - there is at least one of each in every town in the South. They aren't going anywhere.
CVS won't go anywhere either unfortunately. I absolutely hate them, but I am stuck using them because my drug insurance is CVS Caremark. They are a behemoth - Pharmacy, retail, and an insurer. They suck so much there are a couple drugs I take that are cheaper for me to go elsewhere and use GoodRX because it is cheaper than my normal copay. When you can own the pharmacy and the insurance side you are big enough to influence drug manufacturer's prices. Believe me I want them gone. I'll be gone before they are.
In eastern NC, more and more Dollar General stores are being built.
The local CVS is in a bad neighborhood, and there's a locally owned drug store just a couple blocks away that is doing great. So losing CVS wouldn't be a biggie.
The Big Lots here still seems to be doing well.
My area doesn't have any of the other stores in the video.
True. Dollar General is like Dairy Queen - there is at least one of each in every town in the South. They aren't going anywhere.
CVS won't go anywhere either unfortunately. I absolutely hate them, but I am stuck using them because my drug insurance is CVS Caremark. They are a behemoth - Pharmacy, retail, and an insurer. They suck so much there are a couple drugs I take that are cheaper for me to go elsewhere and use GoodRX because it is cheaper than my normal copay. When you can own the pharmacy and the insurance side you are big enough to influence drug manufacturer's prices. Believe me I want them gone. I'll be gone before they are.