Cvs Pharmacy

Mansfield is a great little town, but it’s also a weird little town.
This CVS is on Chauncy Street, separated by a drive way from another drug store, either a Rite Aid or a Walgreens. I can’t tell you which one it is, because frankly, the brand identities of big box pharmacies aren’t distinctive enough for it to matter for me.
When our vet prescribed insulin for our doggie, Mr. Scamperson, my husband and I dropped the prescription off at the other drug store, the one next to the CVS, because it was literally five steps closer to our house. We like to take walks on the weekends, and a stupid errand like dropping of a slip of paper at a non-​distinct pharmacy is the perfect excuse to walk a few miles.
The other place was able to fill the prescription that day, so we hung out and ate a free donut that they gave us, and $ 145 later, we had a vial of insulin to inject into our dog. Tell me again why socialism is bad? Why we shouldn’t have a single payer system in which the government negotiates drug prices with the manufacturer and prevents price gouging on drug technologies which are 30+ years old?
Anyways, political rant aside, I digress.
Two months go by and we’re ready for a refill, and the other pharmacy doesn’t have the particular brand of NPH insulin in stock, so we walk the extra five feet to CVS.
This CVS is much better than the other place! Better stocked, smaller, slightly less obnoxious in the way that all big box stores are obnoxious. The service is better, in the sense that it’s 24 hours (the other place is not) and they’ve got a drive through! So if you’re not like us, and you don’t want to walk three miles to pick up a prescription, you don’t have to. You can drive there, and you don’t even have to get out of the car! They’re not especially speedy in checking us out, but it’s usually because they’re busy filling scripts for everyone in Mansfield. Understandable!

The store is always clean and organized and in the season. Prices are reasonable especially with my Extra Care card. There are weekly sales on vitamins which I love.
The stuff is always pleasant and willing to assist whether it is at the front checkout, pharmacy, or the drive-​up pharmacy.
Huge plus is that they are 24 hour store.
Downside is the parking at times can be a challenge.