About Walgreens
Walgreens is a convenient neighborhood pharmacy and store for prescriptions, health and beauty products, and photo printing. It carries some items and medications other chains do not. The location is convenient and the pharmacy staff is generally friendly and helpful. The business feels like a family operation. However, recent corporate practices and staffing changes have caused instability. The pharmacy has experienced closures and some common prescriptions are not available same day as they are now filled off-site. Customers hope things will again stabilize at this long-standing local pharmacy.
I like this Walgreens because it feels more like a family business, it has some things CVS doesn't carry, and really has everything I need. The pharmacy also carries some medications CVS doesn't, and it is conveniently located. This is a great business to support.
Have used this pharmacy when it was Rite Aid, many years ago. Transition to Walgreens was somewhat rough, but pharmacy service in particular seemed to stabilize until recently when multiple personnel changes have occurred, one apparently recently resulting in closure of pharmacy service for nearly a full weekend because as one staff member said when I asked why, "no pharmacist." Clients were referred to an inconvenient location in Framingham for service during the closure. An in-store posting about new pharmacy practices may also partially explain a series of recent reports that relatively common prescription drugs (non-controlled) were not available "same day": some...read full review
In general I avoid this location because 1. It’s very dusty ( including the shelves) 2. Many items are more expensive - compared to cvs.Having said this, the pharmacist is nice and is super helpful.