Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG)

200 Wilmot Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015 (Map)
Phone: 847-914-2500
Fax: 847-914-2804
Toll Free: 800-925-4733
http://www.walgreens.com

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Overview

Walgreen offers a time-honored fiscal fitness tonic: quality over quantity and homespun growth rather than growth through acquisitions. The firm operates some 7,750 drugstores in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico, as well as two mail-order facilities. Prescription drugs account for about two-thirds of sales; the rest comes from general merchandise, over-the-counter medications, cosmetics, and groceries. Walgreen usually builds rather than buys stores so it can pick prime locations. Most stores offer drive-through pharmacies; almost all offer one-hour photo processing. In a strategy switch, Walgreen recently bought e-tailer drugstore.com in 2011 and Duane Reade in 2010.

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Key financials for Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG)

Company Type Public (NYSE: WAG)
Fiscal Year-End August
2011 Sales (mil.) £44,147.7
1-Year Sales Growth 7.1%
2011 Net Income (mil.) £1,659.9
1-Year Net Income Growth 29.8%
2011 Employees 247,000
1-Year Employee Growth (20.6%)
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Key people and executives for Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG)

Chairman Alan G. McNally
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President, CEO, and Director Gregory D. (Greg) Wasson
SVP and CIO Timothy J. (Tim) Theriault
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