Walgreens says baby boomers bring them to Fallbrook

Fallbrook is scheduled to receive a brand-new 10,000-square-foot Walgreens drug store this Fall.

Slated to begin construction in the spring at the corner of South Mission Road and Clemmens Lane, the new store will be positioned directly across the street from Rite Aid.

With construction beginning soon, many residents have pondered the reasoning behind another drugstore being added to town, since there are four others within a two-mile radius.

“The reason we are opening so many stores, and the reason why we are opening a Walgreens in [Fallbrook], is primarily because of the aging baby boomers,”...