Walgreens 8 Mile Dequindre (2024)

FAQs

Is Walgreens a Chicago thing? ›

It was founded in Chicago in 1901, and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois.

Walgreens Pharmacy - 275 W WISCONSIN AVE, Milwaukee, WI 53203.

Walgreens Pharmacy - 4029 43RD ST, San Diego, CA 92105.

The company operates more than 580 locations in California, the second most of any state behind Florida.

Walgreens has opened an experimental store in Chicago that displays just two aisles of merchandise. Other products typically carried by the drugstore chain — cosmetics, alcohol and gift cards — are accessed by ordering online or through a kiosk system in the store.

Charles R. Walgreen Sr. purchased the Chicago drugstore where he had worked as a pharmacist - and that started the Walgreen chain.

The city with the most Walgreens locations is Chicago, with 137 locations.

As of August 1, 2024, AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy will become Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy. While our name is changing, your specialty pharmacy experience will not.

Since 1960—from our first successful full-service drugstore on Broadway between Duane and Reade Streets in Manhattan—Duane Reade has grown to become the most recognized drugstore chain in metropolitan New York.

What country owns Walgreens? ›

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

(WBA) is an American multinational holding company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, which owns the retail pharmacy chains Walgreens in the US and Boots in the UK, as well as several pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution companies.

Walgreens operates roughly 8,700 stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to its website. With 751 stores, Texas claims about 9% of the Walgreens pharmacies in the U.S., according to data company ScrapeHero.

Walgreens is a public corporation, so it is owned by the shareholders. You can look up the management, CEO, CFO, COO, and all those other details on the web. It was started in 1901 by “pop” Walgreen and grew from there. The “Waltons” were not involved.

Around 25% of Walgreens' stores aren't profitable, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft, CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

CVS: Convenience. Both Walgreens and CVS are the largest retail pharmacies in the U.S. CVS is the largest, with close to 25% of market share based on prescription drug revenue.

Deerfield, IL

Walgreens / Headquarters

Since 1960—from our first successful full-service drugstore on Broadway between Duane and Reade Streets in Manhattan—Duane Reade has grown to become the most recognized drugstore chain in metropolitan New York.

Chicago, IL

Walgreens / Place founded