by Walmart plans to cut back pharmacy hours by closing at 7 p.m. as a substitute of 9 p.m. at most of its roughly 4,600 shops by March.
Shorter hours at Walmart supply pharmacy staff a greater work-life steadiness and finest serve clients within the hours they’re most certainly to go to the pharmacy, the corporate mentioned in an announcement to USA TODAY.
“This change is a direct results of suggestions from our pharmacy associates and listening to our clients,” the assertion mentioned. “By positioning our groups within the hours the place our clients say they need to go to our pharmacy, we’re higher in a position to ship glorious customer support and help our associates as they proceed to serve their communities day-after-day.”
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Some Walmart pharmacies already shut earlier than 9 p.m., which is able to change into commonplace throughout the nation after the change, in accordance to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the information.
Walmart’s diminished pharmacy hours parallels transfer by CVS
The transfer comes the identical day as CVS introduced it deliberate to cut back 1000’s of hours – the most recent indication of an unyielding pharmacist scarcity.
Roughly two-thirds of CVS’ retail pharmacies at its practically 9,000 U.S. areas will modify hours starting in March, Amy Thibault, CVS Pharmacy’s lead director of exterior communications, instructed USA TODAY Friday.
The new hours of operation at these pharmacies will range, Thibault mentioned.
Over the previous few years, each CVS and Walgreens have additionally quickly closed some shops due to workers shortages in the course of the surge in omicron variant COVID-19 circumstances.
Contributing: Mike Snider
Natalie Neysa Alund covers trending information for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and comply with her on Twitter @nataliealund.
