THE ‘WALL’ WILL NO LONGER BE ‘GREEN’ ANY MORE:
LOUISA WALGREENS PHARMACY/ RETAIL STORE TO CLOSE DOORS PERMANENTLY, LAST DAY BUSINESS SET FOR FEB. 21
DECISION BY WALGREENS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO SHUT DOWN WAS MADE AT START OF THIS MONTH; CLOSURE MARKS THE THIRD LONG TERM BUSINESS IN LOUISA IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS TO GET THE PINK SLIP
FEBRUARY 13, 2024 – written by WADE QUEEN
LITERALLY IN THE PAST THAT SAW HAPPIER-SUNNIER DAYS (WELL, EXCEPT…THIS PIC WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY OF THE POOPING ROBBER INCIDENT): THE LOUISA, KY. WALGREENS IS SHUTTING DOWN ON FEBRUARY 21, AFTER THE WALGREENS CORPORATE LEADERSHIP MADE THE DECISION AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
Word has been spreading in just the last couple of days that the Louisa Walgeens pharmacy retail store is going out of business, with the business closing its doors for good, effective at the end of Wednesday, February 21.
The announcement about the shutting down of the Louisa Walgreens was sent by both email and postal mail to the local customers who are using or have used the pharmacy in the past to get their prescription medications.
The Louisa Walgreens is located at the entrance to the Food City Plaza. It was previously a Rite-Aid pharmacy retail store,, but was switched to Walgreens chain a couple of years ago as part of the Walgreens company buying out part of the Rite-Aid chain stores, which caused a large percentage of those newly acquired Rite-Aid stores to be shut down shortly after (all part of the fallout of the failed full merger national attempt of both Walgreens and Rite-Aid into one new company in 2017).
The Louisa Rite-Aid moved to the Food City in the very early 2000s, after it was originally opened and located in the upper end corner of the Louisa Plaza in the late 1970s.
The impending closure of the Louisa Walgreen is the third significant/long-serving to go out of business in just over three months, following the closures of both the Family Dollar Store in the Louisa Plaza, which had been at location since the store opened there in the early 1980s; and the Car City Automotive of Louisa automobile dealership, which was located on U.S. 23, near the Walmart Supercenter plaza; at the near end of 2023
The decision to close the Louisa Walgreens was made by the Walgreens corporate headquarters located in Deerfield, Illinois, at the beginning this month.
Walgreens CHQ in their letters sent out to all customers that were listed in the Louisa Walgreen electronic prescription records data, that the company had made the decision by quoting “careful consideration”, and that the company “regrets any inconvenience” for those all the regular customers who have been routinely used the Louisa Walgreens.
COPY OF THE LETTER FROM WALGREENS ANNOUNCING THE IMPENDING PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE LOUISA, KENTUCKY WALMART ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21.
Further on in their letter Walgreens stated that the prescription records of customers of the Louisa Walgreens can be used at any Walgreens pharmacy, including, specifically at the now closest Walgreens, which is in Warfield, KY., on the far side of Martin County!!
For the very soon to be former Louisa and Fort Gay customers, if anybody wants to actually go to the Warfield, KY. Walgreens, located on 9145 Beauty Road, one can travel to that destination one of two ways reach via the new traveling math: From Louisa, it takes 41 minutes going 34.3 miles via US-23 South and KY-645 East; or from Fort Gay, it takes 38 minutes going 30.4 miles via US-52 South.
It will not take any rocket science to come to the easy conclusion that the four remaining pharmacies in Louisa will now each be getting a lot of new customers seeking to get their medications.
Warfield is a city of a population of around 460, Louisa has a population of around 2,650. And Fort Gay has a population of around 670.
But now Warfield has something that both Louisa and Fort Gay will now not have: Warfield has got a Walgreens pharmacy retail store.
And oh yes, way more adding to the sting, the closing of the Louisa Walgreens means one less store site to buy alcohol in Louisa since it it one of the two stores in town licensed to sell liquor. Food City has the other license of two allowed. The Warfield Walgreens likely does, as the little town is designated ‘moist’ but its’ nearby bigger city of Inez will be very soon, too, having passed in an election in early November 2023 via the vote in favor of alcohol sales, 71-65.
Actually it’s the 4th Business to close this year. Huckleberrys in WalMart Plaza closed recently also!! It’s sad to see any place close and people lose their jobs. It’s time for new leadership in this area. Johnson Co is growing and opening new stores and we are loosing them but hey we have a new Fairground. Leaders have lost track of the priorities and that’s rhe people and getting new jobs for Lawrence County.
You are CORRECT! Huckleberry’s was a wonderful restaurant that served great food and will be sorely missed.
Huckleberry’s had management problems.
Rising rent prices have become an insurmountable obstacle for many businesses, forcing closures and leaving storefronts vacant. Despite efforts to adapt and innovate, the relentless financial strain has led to heartbreaking decisions to shut down. Communities mourn the loss of beloved establishments, highlighting the urgent need for sustainable solutions. The problem is that rent for these places have skyrocketed to outrages prices. That on top of all the other overhead makes it impossible to make it in a business in such a small town.
At what point do we all realize Louisa is just a dying town? We have the lake as our biggest draw but it doesn’t bring in tourism because there is absolutely nothing to do in this town. You can drive by any business and it has very little customers. If 123 Cafe survives this year I’d be shocked. I’m sure ARC is buying Louisa Plaza very soon to start their college so maybe we will get more when we have students roaming the streets. I wish we’d just go ahead and change it to Arcville, KY and get it over with.
We badly need industry. Look at those huge fields next to the river and a power plant along a nice US23 heading toward Boyd county. Just a short distance from I64. Prichard beat in the industrial race. Well, LC isn’t even in the race. Kentucky Power is nothing to brag about either. Our children will continue to leave this area in search of decent paying jobs.
Walmart sales alcohol as well.
Still waiting on the Applebees that is supposed to come to Louisa, due to alcohol sales! Not gonna happen! We are losing restaurants! What a lie that was!
The economy is the best its ever been. Everything is so cheap. Just 100 bucks to feed a family of four at a resturant. 50 at McDonalds. Joe B is a genius. Such togetherness among all us Americans. We’re all one big family until we sing the national anthem then segregation begins. Joe will figure it out hes amazing.
Industry pollutes the enviorment the democrats are trying to shut down industry. ARC is keeping Louisa alive. Endless flow of taxpayers money right here at home. Arc rules.
The economy is the best its ever been. Just watch CNN.
Louisa has 4 drugstores and 4 Dollar stores not counting the 2 on Rt. 23.
There’s only so much money to go around. Only the strong survive.
And yes if the 123 cafe makes it to the end of the year has to be a tax reason.
We have to shut down all polluting industries. Thank god the great democrats are doing this. They are saving all of us. Dollar stores dont pollute. If we elect Biden again hopefully he will shut down that nasty Marathon refinery. Obama took out half of KY power which really helped. Who will need gas? We all will be driving electric cars. Hopefully it doesnt get too cold. Freezing temps cut the battery life in half.
Lawrence County is dying, Phil and his court of brainless wonders have destroyed our county, robbed it blind, and set it back a 100 years. Do you really think industry is going to come in with our court? Can you imagine a CEO coming to visit and meeting the fiscal court? They would laugh. Plus probably hit up with how much money can you give me under the table. Where’s the 2 million that is missing and unaccounted for?? How about a picture of the boat motor we paid for, that went directly into Phil’s pocket. Lazer find that out, and get us a picture! We paid for it!.
KAG / Keeping it Real is a genius. KAG for prisident
Biden’s getting the Applebees in next to the old Huckleberrys. These will be Democrat type jobs. Working for tips. After it fails then a rehab. Non profit another Democrat service for the nonworking class.
Why would anyone invest in Louisa area, it would be wasted assets. You have a couple families that control everything and a Walmart that kills every small business within a 30 mile radius. They’ll never be anything in an area where 70% of the people draw ssi(because they are useless burdens to society). People getting checks for being dumb or playing the system and content with having nothing. Need to attract better people like engineers, doctors, accountants and other upper middle class professionals not minimum wage works. It all comes back to education which here is the worst in the country beside Mississippi. There’s a reason Intel is building a plant in upstate New York, quality workers that can pass a drug test.
Hopefully we can apply for santuary city status. Then we’ll have many new illegals or as my Democrat friends call them Newcomers.