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Walgreens plans to close 5 San Francisco stores, citing rampant shoplifting and 'organized retail crime'
After Walgreens locations in San Francisco struggled with shoplifting for years, the company opted …
Heather Schlitz
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Meet the typical Walgreens shopper, a white college-educated suburban baby boomer earning $80,000
Roughly two-thirds of US shoppers shop at Walgreens, and the typical customer visits every three we…
Dominick Reuter
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Roz Brewer will get a signing bonus worth $25 million when she joins Walgreens as its new CEO, on top of her $1.5 million salary
Roz Brewer, who will become Walgreens' CEO in March, will also get personal use of the company's pr…
Grace Dean
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Walgreens is raising its minimum wage to $15, matching CVS as it competes to hire workers
Walgreens is raising its minimum wage to $15 to attract talent amid the labor shortage. CVS Health …
Hannah Towey
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Gavin Newsom says California is done doing business with Walgreens, branding it a company that 'cowers to the extremists'
Walgreens announced on Friday that it would not distribute the abortion pill mifepristohne in 20 st…
Cheryl Teh
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California says it won't renew $54M contract with Walgreens amid calls for boycott over abortion pill policy
California is not renewing a contract that expires next month with Walgreens as controversy has gro…
Aaron McDade
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Walgreens freezes share buybacks after posting $1.7 billion 3rd-quarter loss
The pharmacy chain also said it plans to cut 4,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce, after stay-a…
Ben Winck
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Health officials slam Walgreens and CVS for 'fiasco' vaccine rollout to nursing homes
CVS and Walgreens have a virtual monopoly on nursing home COVID-19 vaccinations in most states. But…
Mia Jankowicz
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Walgreens' CEO is stepping down as the coronavirus complicates the chain's turnaround plans
Walgreens on Monday said that it was searching for a new CEO and that Stefano Pessina would be exec…
Steven Tweedie
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Walgreens says cooler screens caught fire and showed the wrong prices in its stores
Cooler Screens displays, designed to show ads, caught fire, displayed incorrect prices, and suffere…
Alex Bitter
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Walgreens joins Amazon, Costco, and Walmart in selling an FDA-authorized COVID-19 saliva test that you can take at home. It costs $119.
Walgreens is now selling FDA-authorized COVID-19 saliva tests online, joining Amazon, Costco, and W…
Grace Dean
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Movement to boycott Walgreens grows online as more customers report being denied birth control and other contraceptives
Walgreens told NBC News it balances "the needs of our patients and customers" with "the religious a…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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There's Ridiculous Variation In Prices At Different Walgreens
"Consumers in Manhattan shelled out $15.99 for Claritin at a Walgreens on 5th Ave., paying $4.50 mo…
Mandi Woodruff
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Why Walgreens Isn't That Interested In The Mobile Gaming Business
Rather than giving people one dollar off Hershey's candy at Halloween, Lesperance explained that th…
Laura Stampler
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Walgreens executives say the drugstore chain is losing about 50% more money due to loss and theft than it did prior to 2020
"This is not petty theft," CFO James Kehoe said on an investor call. "These are gangs that actually…
Allana Akhtar
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Walgreens' biggest healthcare bet is floundering as it shutters 160 primary-care clinics
Walgreens said it's exiting 160 VillageMD primary-care clinics, up from the previously planned 60.
Shelby Livingston
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Digital screens are covering cooler doors at stores like Kroger and Walgreens, and they're driving TikTokers nuts
Cooler screens are becoming more common at Kroger, CVS, Walgreens, and other retailers. But shopper…
Alex Bitter
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Federal judge rules Walgreens advanced San Francisco's opioid epidemic by dispensing 'hundreds of thousands of red flag prescriptions'
In a 112-page opinion, US District Judge Charles Breyer wrote Walgreens failed to perform "adequate…
Bethany Biron
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A Walgreens employee describes routine theft at his store — and how he's not allowed to stop it
A Walgreens employee says that his manager has told him he can't question or pursue potential shopl…
Alex Bitter
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Walgreens pharmacies are closing early around the country due to staff shortages
Pharmacists say they're being asked to work longer hours and do more, including administering COVID…