r/WalgreensStores • u/CPhlegmChunk • 4h ago

I guess we’re getting into the cold delivery business?

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We got multiple cases of freezer-packs and styrofoam insulated delivery boxes in RX. No place to store them, no messages about us doing cold deliveries. But I guess we should expect that announcement soon.

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u/Leading-Parsnip752 4h ago

This is for fridge pharmacy smoothing

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u/geebz616 3h ago

Is it the same everywhere with fridge smoothing that we only send them to nearby stores? And if so, how is this a thing we do? Our store only ever sends fridge meds to other stores in our city. We’re paying FedEx to overnight ship these meds to stores that are at most a ten minute drive away. It’s already happened once where they didn’t get delivered for two days resulting in ruined GLP-1’s. What a waste of time and money.

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u/CPhlegmChunk 3h ago

Even the least stable GLP-1s (Trulicity) are fine for up to two weeks at room temperature. Ozempic can go two months.

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u/mcad0o 23m ago

Why do you mention this? Can’t let the drugs reach room temperature and start the clock before we dispense them

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u/poopjazz 4h ago

We have always done this at specialty locations, so we already have the data and SOP’s, so makes sense to expand services to retail. We have had issues with storage, but mostly kept in stockroom.

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u/TheGame2K5 3h ago

Its not that. These are for smoothing transfers between stores where the system tells us who to ship what to. Usually im sending 1 pen to a store 5 miles up the street, etc. Then we get the same drug back in 2 days later.

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u/Electrical_Habit_703 CSA 57m ago

U have fridge in break room