Soft-on-Crime Chicago Now Loses Another Walgreens to Rampant Theft
Walgreens is closing another store in Chicago due to rampant theft, marking the seventh location to shut down in the South Side within a year. The Chatham store lost over $1 million last year because of shoplifting and declining sales. Local politicians are blaming the company for the closure, but the store's management cites crime as the primary issue.
- ▪The Walgreens in Chatham is set to close on June 4, 2026.
- ▪The store was losing 16 percent of its inventory to theft, which is four times the company average.
- ▪Walgreens spent over $400,000 annually on security guards to combat theft.
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Soft-on-Crime Chicago Now Loses Another Walgreens to Rampant Theft By Ward Clark | 5:27 PM on May 19, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Another day, and another Walgreens is closing down in Chicago. Chicago's municipal so-called "leadership" is trying to blame the closure on everything and everyone but themselves, but it is them and the city's mushy-headed, soft-on-crime policies that are to blame. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_2"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_2"]]) }); This Walgreens was losing 16 percent of its inventory to theft.
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