Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Union Square Walgreens not being intimidated by world's largest Duane Reade

Just typing out loud here...

--Walgreens buys Duane Reade...

--Duane Reade opens humongous new store on Union Square

--The Walgreens about 200 feet away on 14th Street and Fourth Avenue is now being remodeled...





There's probably some logic here, which no one really has time to get into... anyway, as you were.

8 comments:

Lisa said...

I think the word you're looking for is 'ruined'. The shelves there used to be long and crammed with tons of options. The whole layout has changed, shelves are much shorter, hence the selection is much more limited. Why they just could not leave well enough alone I have no idea - it's not like I didn't have to wait in long register lines 99% of the times I went there.

EV Grieve said...

Ha! Ruined... Well, maybe they cut back on options to fit our short-attention span society... I just don't have the time to finish th.....

Bowery Boogie said...

6 in one, half dozen in the other.

CM said...

no logic whatsoever but the new duane reade is really nice looking

Anonymous said...

I really like the new Duane Reade. That walgreens sucks (the one on astor is much better). Long live chains!

Lisa said...

Grieve - That made me laugh out loud! Which, considering I got fired from my job with no warning (much less anything like severance or the owed vacation pay that I was slated for next week), is no mean feat. Thanks!

EV Grieve said...

Ugh. I'm sorry to hear that Lisa... totally sucks...

Lisa said...

Thanks, doll. Appreciate the sympathy.