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Even if their claim of "organized theft" is true, that itself would be a self-correcting market force. Your price point should exist somewhere between the extreme of "lock it up so tight nobody can buy it" and "it's cheaper for people to shoplift it en masse". If you can't manage that, maybe you deserve to go out of business (also I think you'll find that it would also help to increase the number of staff to actually unlock the damn shelves). Perhaps in the long run the market will self correct, but this is absolutely idiotic right now. And the real consequences for people that have lost their local pharmacy are catastrophic.
Don't forget that there is always online shopping out there as well.
Delivery really is just much more convenient. I've been getting my groceries delivered like this from a certain big box retailer and it's been very nice. No more bullshit traffic, bullshit parking, bullshit walk in and out, bullshit aisle walking around slow people, bullshit searching, bullshit looking for an employee for 20 minutes to help get a $3 stick of deodorant, bullshit line at checkout, etc etc. Now it's just click add to cart and it shows up at my door the next day.
I'm sure it's partly by design because they charge a subscription for the service, but the convenience and money/time saved not having to drive makes it so worth it.