Walgreens

The shelves are either overflowing or empty here. There’s no happy medium. For some reason, their soda coolers are also usually empty. I wish it was better since this is my local one.

The parking lot is small, and this Walgreens seems a little more cluttered/​unorganized than most, but they have DayQuil — WalQuil, if you will — which I am currently eating like candy.

You know what Bay View Walgreens. I like you. Specifically, I like your head pharmacist. He’s just a great guy to have on my team. When I am having a mental breakdown over insurance issues, you Mr. Pharmacist are there to make it all ok. You call my insurance and straighten out their mistakes and make me feel like I am going to make it after all. #MaryTylerMoorePun
Mr. Pharmacist, you also handle a plethora of questions from old ladies with a smile. That is great customer service. You know they are asking you absurd things that someone with your level of education should not have to answer, but you do. Way to be amazing.
Couple all this Mr. Pharmacist amazement with the fact that I can get a Cliff bar, a v8 juice, ice cream, Chex Mix, nail polish, and all the other random things I need in my life… Walgreens…you are just so good to me.

Walgreen’s Chemist Shop.
I got a flu shot there this year and it was one of the better flu shots I’ve ever been on the receiving end of.
One of the cashiers (possibly moved on since) looked a lot like the late Freddy Mercury. I always got a tad misty eyed when I would see her, remembering Mr. Mercury’s stellar performance of «Radio Gaga» at Live Aid back in summer of 85.
Anyway, decent enough Walgreen’s. Fairly clean, good supply of whatever it is you need. Friendly gals at the front. Harry Blackett would be impressed with the family planning aisle.
«I think I’ll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant»

Its a pharmacy. At first it seemed like a real dump. The shelves were empty and it seemed like very unorganized. They were remodeling though and its easy to find what you need.
Its close to home but the hours aren’t as convenient as I’d like them to be (only open until 9 PM). The parking lot is kinda hard to navigate too, people seem to forget how to drive when they are in the lot.

GREAT SAVINGS, BUT TOO MANY RULES
Walgreen’s is an unlikely candidate to find a bargain, but if you learn how to shop their sales and stack manufacturer’s and Walgreen’s coupons, and Walgreen’s sales together, you can partake in some PHENOMENAL savings!
Particularly their cleaning products, which are generally carry overpriced stickers on a non-​sale day, are perfect targets for coupons. There is a strategy that can help you. When you receive the circulars in the mail or Sunday newspaper for Red Plum and Smart Source, clip the manufacturer coupons for things like Schick, Gillette, Cheer, Tide, Scrubbing Bubbles, Windex, and Pledge. Set the coupons aside in a coupon caddy, because Walgreen’s tends to run their promos OPPOSITE the circulars. Weeks later, when Walgreen’s runs its sale on the items from the circulars, that’s the time to pull out the manufacturer’s coupons and cash in.
The other thing most people don’t know is to look for not only the Walgreen’s ad, but also for their INSTANT SAVINGS COUPON BOOKLET, which is a narrow booklet tucked in a metal holder in the front of each store location when you walk in. It’s easily overlooked. When you stack the sale prices, the coupons in the Instant Savings Booklet, and manufacturer’s coupons you can save quite a bit.
BOGO TIP: Most people are unaware, but when a manufacturer runs a Buy One Get One FREE coupons –AND– Walgreen’s runs a Buy One Get One FREE sale at the same time, if you bring in the coupon the items are both FREE.
REBATE TIP: Oftentimes SC Johnson, or Procter & Gamble will run deals whereby you purchase a certain amount of their products and you get a Walgreen’s coupon that acts like cash to use on a future visit. For Example– Purchase $ 30 of the following products (BEFORE coupons): Tide, Cheer, Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles, Pledge, Dawn, Scott Tissue and get a $ 10 coupon. When utilizing this sale, group your $ 30 of products together as one transaction, then submit your coupons which will generally bring the transaction down to somewhere between $ 20 to $ 25, and you will receive the coupon for $ 10. Then, in a separate transaction, turn around and use the coupon RIGHT AWAY on your other items.
Reason for downgrade to 3-​stars: I HATE Walgreen’s «REGISTER REWARDS» with a passion. There are TOO MANY RULES FOR ME. My first problem with them is that they advertise Register Rewards in a tricky way, so if you’re not paying attention, you might think an item is simply a sale price when in fact you have to accept these stinkin’ Rewards coupons instead. For example: «Coke 3/​$ 11 LIKE PAYING 3/​$ 9». What this means is you pay $ 11 and get a $ 2 Walgreen’s coupon. But what really gets me is that the coupons have an expiration date. If they are advertised as cash («like paying»), why do they expire? I also dislike that you can’t use more coupons than the number of items you have in one transaction. So, if you have 10 coupons and 9 items, you oftentimes have to forego the Register Reward and come back to use it. And last, if an item is on sale with a 99 cent ending, and your Reward is more than the item’s cost, you can’t use it until you exceed the dollar amount. For example, if the item is $ 1.99 and you have a $ 2 reward, it won’t work. You need to find something else to buy to exceed the $ 2. Sometimes I just want to cash out the damn reward before it exprires.
Bottom Line: There are deals to be had, but you have to be a coupon strategist to be able to figure out how to cash in on Walgreen’s deals. But if you do plan well, it’s worth it. NOTE: the employees are trained specifically to NOT point out the coupons or sales to customers, which sucks! So you have to be really on top of it, or you’ll walk out leaving money on the counter.

Lisa in cosmetic Dept hooks you up w/​coupons for purchase whenever possible — awesome customer service!