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JohnnyRingo

(19,726 posts)
14. I often wonder if the Mafia owns drug stores
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 10:32 AM
Dec 2024

A "legitimate business" after decades in sanitation services.

They certainly act like it.

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darn. We lost our local pharmacy last spring and I had to move my perscriptions to Walgreens which riversedge Dec 2024 #1
How far are you DownriverDem Dec 2024 #5
I'm going to check out Mark Cuban's Cost Plus company. Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #9
Private equity firms are destroying so many companies. Greed, greed, greed... hlthe2b Dec 2024 #2
The stomach-churning stench... GiqueCee Dec 2024 #10
Private Equity is so profitable. Often they are collections of brands. bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #3
Over the next four years, we will see the gutting of the US for billionaire profits. Lonestarblue Dec 2024 #4
Get ready DownriverDem Dec 2024 #6
I will stop getting prescriptions filled there...which is about all the business they seem to do lately. Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #7
And to think I've asked "can Walgreens get any worse." Vinca Dec 2024 #8
You beat me to it. (nt) Paladin Dec 2024 #11
Guess they want to go the route of Bed, Bath, and Beyond, K-Mart, and Hancock Fabrics, to sinkingfeeling Dec 2024 #12
Just for raising that option, I'm done with them RainCaster Dec 2024 #13
I often wonder if the Mafia owns drug stores JohnnyRingo Dec 2024 #14
And the billionaires will take over . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 2024 #15
Doesn't private equity Linda ladeewolf Dec 2024 #16
They play accounting games to loot the companies load them up with debt harun Dec 2024 #17
That's what the one that owned the Bi-Lo grocery chain did and the chain went out of business. cstanleytech Dec 2024 #20
Yes, private equity firms coprolite Dec 2024 #21
Private equity and LBOs are what made Mitt Romney a multi-millionaire FakeNoose Dec 2024 #18
Never a good sign. cstanleytech Dec 2024 #19
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