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But the Walgreens at Van Ness and Eddy closed because it was losing more than $1,000 a day to shoplifters, according to the Chronicle.

In 20, seven Walgreens stores have closed, including the one at 16th and Mission streets, some as part of the company’s plan to shutter a number of locations across the country. Shame on Walgreens,” San Francisco resident Curtis Bradford wrote when he signed the petition. People over Profits! Especially during the worst crisis we’ve faced in a generation. “In the middle of a pandemic and crisis, we cannot allow profit driven greedy Corporations to further traumatize and abandon their responsibility to the community. will soon be administering Covid-19 vaccinations, according to a spokesperson at San Francisco’s COVID Command Center. And, as the Covid-19 vaccine becomes more available in San Francisco, six Walgreens stores - at 2550 Ocean Ave., 4645 Mission St., 825 Market St., 2120 Polk St., 498 Castro St., and 5300 Third St. This past winter, as more Americans were encouraged to get flu shots amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Walgreens reported “unprecedented demand” for those vaccinations. Losing neighborhood drugstores can make it more difficult for neighbors to pick up medications or get necessary vaccinations. It hired a security guard and keeps many items, including toothpaste and allergy medicine, in locked cabinets, he said. San Francisco resident Sebastian Luke, who has made it a personal crusade to save San Francisco’s Walgreens stores from closures, said the Bush Street location has increased its security in response to frequent thefts. In many cases, they stole merchandise valued under $950, which is the threshold at which shoplifting becomes a felony charge. In a handful of incidents, thieves brandished knives or other weapons, or assaulted an employee or guard. The store reported at least 18 shoplifting, robbery and burglary incidents to the San Francisco Police Department between September and December of 2020, according to police data. Walgreens media representatives did not respond to requests for comment Monday.

“We think they can afford to keep needed stores like this open.” has an annual revenue of around $139.5 billion,” the petition says.