CVS has been making a move into Memphis to compete with Walgreens. I am SO GLAD! I’ve been dying for CVS to open stores in my area since they have a better selection of beauty products and the best refund program if you decide to return the product. Walgreens completely sucks when it comes to getting a refund on a beauty product if you’ve only used it once and realize it’s the wrong color for your skin/etc.
The new CVS store is located near my house. We had received a flyer in the mail, letting us know that the grand opening would start on June 19. I ventured out in the heat and humidity to the store. The parking lot was packed! They had a live band performing and they were serving free pepsi drinks & hot dogs.
In the store, they were aggressively getting people to sign up for their Register Rewards program. There was a long line for that. I had already had my card as I had signed up at their first location which was located near Lakeland.
There were coupons in the flyer we had received. One was “get any CVS brand item up to $3 for free”. I used it to get their cotton rounds. The other was “Get 2 two liter Coke products for free”. So, I got 2 diet cokes!
There was another coupon for “Spend $20 and receive $10 back”. I haven’t used that yet but I will as I want to get the Essence of Beauty brushes!
One thing I noticed is that CVS doesn’t carry NYC products. The Walmart near my house used to carry the entire collection but seems to have cut down on it. The only other locations I can find this brand are Rite Aid and Ulta.
Anyhow, I’m just really glad that CVS has finally opened! No more shopping at Walgreens for beauty products again! I might go their to spy on what they have that is brand new but all my beauty shopping for drugstore brands will be at CVS or Rite Aid!



















