CVS is trying to steal our thunder.

[MaxwellPink]

The only time I bought cigarettes at CVS was because I was near one when I ran out. Before they bought the strip mall, up the street (which is now a vacant eyesore because the town won't let them build a Super CVS, and they're being spoiled brats about it), I used to get my smokes at the convenience store there.

 

[Robino1]

*raises hand* The same as MaxwellPink. Only when I ran out of cigs and was desperate.... Or when I had 'quit' smoking but was still smoking on the sly and that was the closest place to buy a pack. (walking distance)

 

[DaveSignal]

OK, this forum is full of ex-smokers. Anyone who regularly bought their smokes at CVS (or any drug store) please raise your hand. Anyone, anyone, Bueller. Yeah, that's what I thought.

When I used to live in a apartment building that was across the street from a CVS, I would buy cigarettes there all the time. Not because I like CVS, just because it was there. If they didn't have them, I would have walked an extra block to the 7-11. Again, this has nothing to do with my preference for 7-11, although they do have better snacks. But I would always find a way. It would be exactly the same if my favorite vaping website stopped selling e-juice. I would just get my juice somewhere else.

 

[skoony]

CVS is just trying to save face. Ever since they announced they would no longer be selling cigarettes, their profits have dropped. They believed increased prescription sales would make up for lost sales from cigarettes. It hasn't happened. CVS is just trying to put positive spin on their poor decision.

i have bought cigs there and Walgreen's across the street.
Walgreen's is doing very well. every smoker that could switched
their prescriptions there for the convenience of one stop shopping.
regards
mike

 

[philoshop]

They made a decision that hurt their bottom line and they're trying to spin it so that shareholders feel good about it.

 

[Scotticus93]

Did people actually buy cigarettes in CVS? I can't say I ever did, unless I was buying a birthday card or something. I've never been a drug store customer though.

Selection was awesome. My favorite cigs camel wide filter were the always on sale there and right before they stopped selling cigs they were on fire sale to get rid of them. You could buy benson in hedges for like 3.70 when normally they are 6 or 7 bucks

 

[crxess]

Or when I had 'quit' smoking but was still smoking on the sly

Undercover Smoking...............
You know that wasn't 'quit', right

 

[Robino1]

Undercover Smoking...............
You know that wasn't 'quit', right

Um yep. But I didn't smoke that much when I was 'quit'...just a couple here and there



after hubby went to bed

 

[Isabelle49]

Before long CVS will be selling vape gear and juices. They will be touting the safety of vaping.

 

[GrandSam]

Wait...CVS sold cigarettes?

 

[Kaezziel]

Wait...CVS sold cigarettes?

And Vodka? That one must be in another state... here they only carry beer and cheap wine...

 

[GccTxs67]

I bought Cigs regularly at CVS, they were actually 2 bucks cheaper a carton. And there was one very close to my home. They stopped selling Cig's and I stopped going to CVS.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

Anyone who regularly bought their smokes at CVS

Raises hand... They used to have the best price on my pall malls.

That one must be in another state... here they only carry beer and cheap wine...

That's Texas. The TABC is one of the most backwards agencies in the country. You can drink, but if you drink in a restaurant or bar you have to have a "membership" so big brother can track your drinking habits. You can buy beer & wine anywhere, but can only buy liquor in a "liquor store". You can't buy any alcohol in a bar or restaurant before noon any day of the week. You can order liquor in a bar on Sunday, but the "liquor stores" can't operate that day, just the beer stores, so you have to stock up on Saturday for football games. Now THAT deserves a facepalm.

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

Yep i bought nearly all my cigs at CVS before i switched a few years ago, they always had the best prices (aside from Tobacco shops).

I wonder how much they considered the ancillary sales generated by selling cigarettes, ie the people who came in for cigs but also left with a soda, some milk, booze, etc. Those extra impulse sales are the same reason all the CVS's/Walgreens always have milk $.60-.$99 cheaper than the grocery store, if they get ya in for that you're bound to need/see something else.

Those lost sales have to be a decent chunk of change, in addition to the couple billion that dropping cigs cut out of their revenue numbers.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

I've also noticed the price of snacks and candy at CVS has gone up about 20% since they stopped selling cigs. And the ol' lady's hair color went up 30%. They are trying to get back their billions, but I guess they are falling WAY short.

 

[MaxwellPink]

And Vodka? That one must be in another state... here they only carry beer and cheap wine...

I want to know where these CVS are. Never have I walked into one and found alcoholic beverages.

 

[Ou2mame]

711s and drug stores used to sell alcohol when I lived in Boston. I don't know about now this was 10 years ago.

 

[Bikenstein]

Another PALL MALL buyer from CVS..had great prices and I shopped there often because of it. They quit selling and built a big new store at the same time. I've never been in that store

 

[zenclouds]

There is one CVS in particular that I'm curious about. It's on the strip in Las Vegas. Sort of close to the Venetian. They were the prime spot for cigarettes (for everyone it seemed) to avoid the prices in the Venetian/Palazzo - like in a line of 20 people only one wasn't buying cigarettes.

I wonder how their sales are going? Lol


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[RickAppling]

That reminds of the bad taste this whole thing left in my mouth. If they were so concerned about the customer's health. They would also get rid of the aisle after aisle of candy.

I've also noticed the price of snacks and candy at CVS has gone up about 20% since they stopped selling cigs. And the ol' lady's hair color went up 30%. They are trying to get back their billions, but I guess they are falling WAY short.