By Bill Wilson Source: Supermarket News Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer is stepping down as the leader of the Northbrook, Ill.-based company and will also no longer be a member of the board of directors. Ginger Graham, the lead independent director of Walgreens Boots Alliance, will now serve as interim CEO [...]
By Ramishah Maruf Source: CNN Walgreens expects to close 150 locations in the United States and 300 locations in the United Kingdom, Walgreens Boots Alliance CFO James Kehoe said in the company’s earnings call this week. The pharmacy chain reported lower earnings on Tuesday compared to the same quarter last [...]
By Jan Hoffman Source: The New York Times CVS and Walgreens, two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, said on Wednesday that they had reached tentative agreements to pay about $5 billion each to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis. The companies made the [...]
By Jan Hoffman Source: The New York Times A federal jury in Cleveland on Tuesday found that three of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains — CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens — had substantially contributed to the crisis of opioid overdoses and deaths in two Ohio counties, the first time the [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News Walgreens has expanded its on-demand delivery options to include less-than-two-hour service for retail products. The drugstore giant said Tuesday that customers nationwide can now shop from more than 24,000 items online directly from Walgreens.com or via the Walgreens mobile app and receive same-day home [...]
Source: Supermarket Guru CVS and Walgreen’s started building their new stores with about 50% of their area devoted to foods – including healthier offerings When most people think of buying foods at a drug chain it’s typically about the milk (where prices are usually lower than those in the supermarket) [...]