The San Francisco Business Times first reported that at least three stores in downtown San Francisco will be closed forever through mid-January — the CVS locations at 731 Market St. at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 351 California St. at the Embarcadero Center Mall and 581 Market St. at the Montgomery BART station. The latter branch will be closed until January 7, the Business Times reports, while the other two will close on January 15.

A CVS spokesman confirmed to SFGATE that another three will be closed in January — the locations at 2025 Van Ness Ave. at House of Prime Rib, 500 Pine St. near St. Mary’s Square and 400 Sutter St. near Union Square. The latter two locations are scheduled to close by January 22, while the Van Ness location will close on January 8.

“Maintaining access to pharmacy services in underserved communities is an important factor we consider when making decisions to close stores,” CVS spokesperson Monica Prinzing told SFGATE in a statement. “Other factors include local market dynamics, population shifts, a community’s store density, and ensuring there are other geographic entry points to meet community needs.”

These closures were expected: CVS announced in November that it plans to close 900 stores nationwide to realign its personal retail experiences and consolidate existing stores.

CNN reported in November that the closures were due to “too many overlapping locations” and a subpar in-person shopping experience. Additional closures may occur throughout the year; There are currently 17 standalone CVS offices in San Francisco.

While concerns about retail theft are high, it doesn’t seem like an upsurge in viral thefts has much to do with these closures, though competitor Walgreens attributes the closures of San Francisco stores to retail theft.

A CVS spokesman declined to comment specifically on retail thefts in San Francisco to SFGATE in November, instead commenting heavily on the phenomenon.

“Organized retail crime has been a challenge to the retail industry for many years and has been exacerbated during the pandemic and with the growth of online commerce,” CVS spokesman Mike DeAngelis said in a statement to SFGATE.

Prescriptions issued at the 581 Market St., 351 California St., and 500 Pine St. locations are transferred to the 601 Mission St. location, prescriptions from 731 Market St. are transferred to the 789 Mission St., 2025 Van location Ness Ave. Recipes will be moved to 2675 Geary Blvd. Location and 400 Sutter St. prescriptions will be moved to 1059 Hyde St. location.

According to Prinzing, all employees would be offered “comparable roles” at these new locations.

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CVS Health will begin closing a number of stores across the country next month, including six in San Francisco, as part of a shift to focus on digital services.

The company announced in November that it would close around 900 US locations from spring 2022, but some of the closings will begin in January, a CVS spokesman confirmed.

“We made the tough business decision to close six CVS pharmacy locations in San Francisco in January 2022,” the company said in a statement. “All prescriptions are broadcast to nearby CVS pharmacy locations, many of which are half a mile or less from the closing location, to ensure that patients continue to have uninterrupted access to the services. All employees are offered comparable roles at these other CVS locations. “

The six CVS Pharmacy San Francisco locations that will close in January are as follows, along with the close date and location where the prescriptions will be transferred:

• 581 Market St. Closing January 7th, moving to 601 Mission St.
• 2025 Van Ness Ave. closes January 8th and moves to 2675 Geary Blvd.
• 731 Market St. Closing January 15, relocating to 789 Mission St.
• 351 California St. Closing January 15, relocating to 601 Mission St.
• 500 Pine St. Closing January 21, relocating to 601 Mission St.
• 400 Sutter St. Closes January 22nd, relocates to 1059 Hyde St.

After the closure, CVS will have 15 locations in the city. It also offers prescription home delivery through CVS.com and the CVS Pharmacy app, the company said.

“Maintaining access to pharmacy services in underserved communities is an important factor that we consider when making decisions about shop closings,” the company statement said. “Other factors include local market dynamics, population shifts, the store density of a community, and ensuring that there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community.”

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A trip to the Super Bowl, an international vacation, and a VIP package to the iHeartMedia Radio Music Festival could await people in San Francisco who received the coronavirus vaccine at a CVS Health pharmacy or are planning to plan theirs CVS before mid-July.

The pharmacy chain has released its first plans for its #OneStepCloser sweepstakes, which started on Tuesday at Vaccinations in CVS pharmacies across America. Thousands of winners will be selected in various draws over a period of six weeks this summer, the pharmacy said in a press release.

The sweepstakes is in addition to the drawing, which California will be running to give away $ 1.5 million to ten vaccinated Californians.

Dr. Kyu Rhee, a CVS chief medical officer, said more than 17 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered at sites across the United States, “but we still have a long way to go”.

“If we fully vaccinate as large a section of the population as possible, we will get one step closer to all of the things we have missed in the past 14 months and move our country in the right direction,” Rhee said in a statement.

For some contest winners, this direction will include a seven-day cruise for two on Norwegian CruiseLine, a trip to Bermuda, or a two-day weekend getaway at a Wyndham hotel, as described in the contest description. CVS said it will also be giving away $ 500 in cash to 125 winners and $ 5,000 to five.

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SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A car that was plowed outside a CVS pharmacy in San Jose on Wednesday.

The San Jose Fire Department said the crash happened around 12:11 p.m. at the CVS store on Blossom Hill Road in South San Jose.

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The limo drove through the front window and came to a rest almost entirely inside the building. The circumstances of the crash were not immediately available.

The fire department said no one was injured and the crews were looking for structural damage.

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Firefighters responded to reports of a vehicle that drove through the front window of the CVS store on Blossom Hill Road at around 12:11 p.m. today. Fortunatly nobody was hurt. The crews secure the electrics and check them for structural damage. pic.twitter.com/WtyN8ajKNi

– San Jose Fire Dept. (@SJFD) March 10, 2021

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