When it comes to pharmacies, Zac Gilley has been around the block.
The 48-year-old East Toledo resident has been a customer of four pharmacies in as many years.
“I used Lifecare Pharmacy at Starr and Dearborn for years,” he said. “It was run by two brothers from Michigan. A lot of people went there, but they had to close because they said their expenses were higher than what they were taking in. They were never out of anything. They could fill anything in 10 minutes — very different from the mass market pharmacies. I was with them until they closed in 2021 or 2022 and sent all their scripts to Walgreens.”
That was the beginning of Mr. Gilley’s unexpected tour of the Toledo pharmacy scene.
He quickly became disenchanted with Walgreens because the pharmacy at his nearby store wasn’t always open during posted hours because of staffing problems. He was occasionally sent across town to a different Walgreens to fill a prescription.
Mr. Gilley then began getting his prescriptions filled at Meijer, but quickly became frustrated by their inability to fill his prescriptions promptly.