Walgreens to slash prices on 1,300 items — following Amazon, Walmart and Target — as inflation rages
NY Post
Walgreens said it will slash prices on 1,300 items across its drugstores — the latest big retailer to enact discounts as consumers grow increasingly picky about where they shop in an era of stubbornly high inflation.
Earlier this week, Amazon Fresh announced that it was slashing the costs of 4,000 weekly rotating grocery products by up to 30% at its online and brick-and-mortar locations. Last week, Target announced price cuts on 5,000 items storewide.
That followed a similar move earlier this month by Walmart, which said it’s slashing markups on 7,000 items — and noted that it has been getting more business lately from wealthier shoppers who also have been feeling the pinch of higher prices on basic goods.
On Wednesday, Walgreens announced price cuts on items such as vitamins, female hygiene products, toothbrushes, pain relief patches, hand cream and mini pretzels.
According to Walgreens, customers who shop for an 80-count container of One a Day Men’s and Women’s Gummy Vitamins will now pay $11.99 instead of $13.49 before the discount. A 20-count pack of Always Pad Mod Regular which was previously $7.49 now costs $6.99.
Walgreens has also reduced the price of its Clean & Clear Foaming Facial Cleanser from $7.99 to $6.99. The pharmacy chain said it is also offering a pack of Nice! Mini Pretzels for $1.99 — down from $2.79.
