Category Leaderboard

Pharmacy & Drugstore Chains

12 tracked retailers, ranked by NOligarchy Score. Best pick: Hy-Vee Inc (69.1).
0 · worst score
avg 42.0
100 · best
Scores in Pharmacy & Drugstore Chains vary widely: 69.1 (Hy-Vee Inc) at the top down to 6.7 (Walmart) at the bottom — a 62-point gap. 12 retailers are tracked. 4 rated Avoid. Pharmacy & Drugstore Chains ranks 39th cleanest of 44 tracked categories.
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Members span 3 federal industry classifications (NAICS).
Spend
$73.4M
Federal lobbying
$66.6M
PAC & Super PAC
$6.5M
Executive donations
$353K
Pillars
39 avg
Political Access
47
Wealth Extraction
40
Playing by the Rules
30
Ownership risk
13 flagged
Hy-Vee Inc
#1 in this category
69.1
/100
Moderate
hy-vee.com
Costco
#2 in this category
69.0
/100
Moderate
costco.com
Food Lion / Giant / Stop & Shop
#3 in this category
65.5
/100
Moderate
foodlion.com
BJ's Wholesale Club
#4 in this category
62.2
/100
Moderate
bjs.com
Meijer
#5 in this category
60.3
/100
Moderate
meijer.com
Publix Super Markets
#6 in this category
53.7
/100
Moderate
publix.com
Walgreens Boots Alliance
#7 in this category
38.5
/100
Concerning
walgreens.com
Albertsons
#8 in this category
25.0
/100
Concerning
albertsons.com
Kroger
#9 in this category
23.7
/100
Avoid
kroger.com
CVS Health
#10 in this category
15.6
/100
Avoid
cvs.com
Sam's Club
#11 in this category
14.9
/100
Avoid
samsclub.com
Walmart
#12 in this category
6.7
/100
Avoid
walmart.com
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