Walgreens in California – California Globe

Walgreens Announces 12 Stores In San Francisco To Close By February

January 10, 2025 1:12 pmJanuary 10, 2025 1:12 pm

Pharmacy and retail chain Walgreens announced Thursday that they will close 12 stores within the city of San Francisco, with the closures expected to occur by the end of February. Since 2019, Walgreens and the Bay Area have been constantly...

Safeway Announces Closure Of Fillmore District Store In SF Due To Safety Issues, Thefts

December 12, 2024 2:43 amDecember 12, 2024 7:31 am

West Coast supermarket chain Safeway announced Wednesday that their 40-year-old store in the Fillmore District of San Francisco will be closing in January due to a combination of continuing safety issues and a high number of thefts from the store....

Walgreens Announces Another 3 Walgreens Stores To Close Across the Bay Area

December 6, 2024 1:10 pmDecember 6, 2024 1:11 pm

Walgreens announced on Thursday that two stores in Oakland and one in Richmond would be closing as a result of economic issues, increasing the total number of Bay Area Walgreens closures to over two dozen in only the last several...

Gov. Newsom Forced to Reverse His Walgreens Ban; Violates Federal Law

April 7, 2023 3:18 pmApril 7, 2023 3:19 pm

Statements from the Governor’s office and the California Department of Health Care Services confirmed on Thursday that Governor Gavin Newsom’s policies to “no longer do business with Walgreens” have been reversed because of the federal Medicaid statue prohibiting him from...

Governor Newsom Ends $54 Million Department of General Services Contract With Walgreens

March 9, 2023 7:03 amMarch 9, 2023 9:32 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that the state will be ending a $54 million contract with Walgreens, the first of likely many state actions against the pharmacy and retail company following an announcement earlier this week that the state...

The Real World Impact of Gov. Newsom’s Edict About Walgreens

March 8, 2023 5:47 pmMarch 9, 2023 6:35 am

Walgreens’ announced last week that the pharmacy chain would no longer sell abortion pills in 20 states after attorney generals from those states threatened legal action. Walgreens’ decision came about following the United States Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

The Possible Effects Of California ‘No Longer Doing Business With Walgreens’

March 7, 2023 5:21 pmMarch 7, 2023 5:24 pm

A day after Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state will “no longer do business” with the pharmacy chain Walgreens, the Globe looks at what the state could possibly announce and what it could mean for all parties involved. Following...