Why Holden needs three national pharmacy chains

Another in the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains.

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The irresistible impulse of retailers to anchor their businesses to holidays or themes shows up this week in premature back-to-school promotions. Even with temperatures hitting their stride, it's never too early to diminish kids' summertime joy.
Walgreens puts their sales on the first page of their local weekly ad.

Rite-Aid exercises comparative restraint by sneaking theirs onto the bottom page.

Only CVS wins the point by having no back-to-school sale yet. Instead, you can get free gas with your high-fiber cereal.

Why Holden needs three national pharmacy chains

Special Father's Day edition of the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains.

via DNA Paternity Test | Walgreens

Mother's Day edition of Why Holden needs three national pharmacy chains

Another in the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains.
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Because we need three stores to give us opportunities to buy stuff for Mom that is sure to make her wonder what kind of kid would give a mother stuff such as this.

Yes, Mom wants to know that she needs to be stuffed into a smaller size except for the parts that need to seem larger:

via Walgreens.com - Local Weekly Ad

My mother didn't do well with house plants. As a joke, I think, my father bought her a cactus. Guess how much she liked the joke.

via CVS - Store Circular Online
And, finally, who wouldn't want to give Mom some of these special products?

via Rite Aid : Weekly Circular : Single Page View

Why Holden needs three national pharmacy chains

Another in the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains.
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Nothing says the resurrection of Jesus proves His victory over sin and death like a bucket of Flarp! in your child's Easter basket.

via Walgreens.com - Local Weekly Ad - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010

Meanwhile, at the other stores, you can get a better deal on Gimbal's Jelly Beans at CVS (2 for $4) than at Rite-Aid (2 for $5).

Only at Rite-Aid, however, can you get a copy of the latest Sherlock Holmes movie for "a vibrant and colorful Easter"

Why Holden needs three national pharmacy chains

Another in the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains.
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Nothing says the resurrection of Jesus proves His victory over sin and death like a bucket of Flarp! in your child's Easter basket.

via Walgreens.com - Local Weekly Ad - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010

Meanwhile, at the other stores, you can get a better deal on Gimbal's Jelly Beans at CVS (2 for $4) than at Rite-Aid (2 for $5).

Only at Rite-Aid, however, can you get a copy of the latest Sherlock Holmes movie for "a vibrant and colorful Easter"

Why Holden needs three national pharmacy chains

Because nothing marks the season of the advent of our Lord and Savior than a special deal on Mucinex:

And, speaking of reindeer, Walgreens offers a cute, if non-specific reindeer

While CVS gives you Rudolph...

And, bless them, RiteAid gives you the really creepy reindeer ...

who'll sell you just what you want to get for your mother or wife or girlfriend...

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Another in the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains as the result of a new Walgreens on Main Street.

Why Holden needs three pharmacy chains

Not only do we get Literary Links that lead to CVS, we also get paper towels for cheap. (Walgreens has a slight price edge.)

via Paper towel Ratings (subscription required)

Meanwhile, it's a real test of our love of Baby Jesus that we do our shopping at a place that has a creepy reindeer presiding over it all:

via Rite-Aid circular for 11/29/2009 thru 12/05/2009

Why Holden needs three pharmacy chains

Another in the occasional series about Holden's need for three national pharmacy chains.
While you're waiting until November 13th at CVS

Or, no later than November 15th at Rite-Aid

You can put on smells that are girl-approved,

and look oh, so cool at Walgreens.

Why Holden needs three pharmacy chains

Just a reminder that the good folks of Holden are still struggling along, bearing up under great privation, with only two national pharmacy chains (Rite-Aid and CVS) in town. A third, Walgreens, is under construction on Main Street.
We need Walgreens so that we can figure out what to do. They're offering a sale on the Intelligender gender prediction test kit.

You can find out in as little as 10 weeks into your pregnancy whether you'll be buying pink or blue clothes for that little darling.
In the old days, of course, folks had to wait until the baby was born before know if the baby was a boy or girl. And, what's worse, the rules changed along the way. This clipping, from the Ladies' Home Journal in 1918 (via Out of the blue and in the pink) shows that pink was regarded as a stronger color and, therefore, more suitable for boys.

via kath.A.rine

Whatever the color scheme, Walgreens can help you find out early, if there's a Walgreens in your town. Which there isn't is our fair town. At least not yet.

Why Holden needs three pharmacy chains

Just a reminder that the good folks of Holden are struggling along, bearing up under great privation, with only two national pharmacy chains (Rite-Aid and CVS) in town. A third, Walgreens, is under construction on Main Street.

	Only at Walgreens can you celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior with a 4 ft. Lighted Airblown Inflatable Bunny.
	At Rite-Aid, with Altered State nitric oxide supplement, perhaps you can build the muscle that would let you roll away the stone, but the product info doesn't say that it works when you're dead.
	Meanwhile, at CVS, you can get an Animated Easter Friend. They're not even calling it a bunny.But, it's animated, so it's got life and life is what Easter's all about, isn't it?