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Walgreens toys with fresh food idea
Walgreens is looking to make a bigger play in the fresh food market by testing this fall chilled foods at up to a dozen store locations, according to a Dow Jones report.
Walgreens spokeswoman Tiffani Washington told Dow Jones that the test would be limited to 12 locations; however, sources indicated that the test is likely occurring in as many as 50 locations in September in the Chicago area.
Washington did say that the company may sell sandwiches, fresh cut fruit, soups and wraps.
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Walgreen Company
Address: 200 Wilmot Road Deerfield, IL 60015 United States
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About Walgreen Company
Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) is engaged in retail drugstore business. As of August 31, 2009, the Company operated 7,496 locations in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. During the fiscal year ended August 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company opened or acquired 691 locations. Total locations do not include 337 convenient care clinics operated by Take Care Health Systems, Inc. within the Company’s drugstores. The Company’s drugstores are engaged in the retail sale of prescription and non-prescription drugs and general merchandise. General merchandise includes, among other things, household items, personal care, convenience foods, beauty care, photofinishing, candy, and seasonal items. Walgreens offers customers the choice to have prescriptions filled at the drugstore counter, as well as through the mail, by telephone and through the Internet.