Walgreens to Close Five San Francisco Stores on Shoplifting

A Walgreens store in San Francisco.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc is closing five stores in San Francisco because of rampant shoplifting.

Theft rates in recent months have risen to five times the company’s national average despite increased investment in security measures, the company said in an emailed statement.