I sure hope Pizza Hut is staying.

What’s the big attraction? We used London drugs in tillicum extensively. I think. It’s just a well run operation in general but I’m unfamiliar with that location.

Well-run operations in general survive only because of their specific well-run constituent parts.

The Harris Green London Drugs serves a very wide mix of people. It does that well, I think, in terms of price, in terrms of customer service, and in terms of access.

I have a hard time imagining a new LD successfully starting up (as in, without an in-place history) in the March of the Towers. They all seem to prefer dentists and chiropractors, anyway. (I'd like a bylaw limiting the number of chiros to the number of city residents who are not chiros, but it may already be too late.)

LD with its overcrowded aisles, distinctive but generally very helpful staff, and kaleidoscopic range reminds me of the old Canadian Tire on Douglas, and I really hope in their new space they're more like the CT on Hillside -- a little space that doesn't have to support itself with merchandise, but the overall focus on customers presesrved.

I love London Drugs at Harris Green. The fellows in the computer dept know everything. I even had one tell me not to buy a particular item because it wasn't a very good product. And there's a great woman with coloured hair who is just a crackerjack - knows where everything is and is always ready with a quip.

^ I know exactly who you mean and she is so helpful if she sees you looking for something. Since we are doing it, I will also give a shout out to Tony in the Photolab. He is the best and knows exactly what their developers are capable of.

So, looks like they've now got a couple site offices set-up, and lots of equipment also starting to appear.