| Walgreen Company (Walgreens) is principally a retail drugstore chain that sells prescription and non-prescription drugs, and general merchandise. General merchandise includes, among other things, beauty care, personal care, household items, candy, photofinishing, greeting cards, convenience foods and seasonal items. Customers can have prescriptions filled at the drugstore counter, as well as through the mail, by telephone and via the Internet. As of August 31, 2008, Walgreens operated 6,934 locations in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. Total locations do not include 217 convenient care clinics operated by Take Care Health Systems, Inc. (formerly known as I-Trax, Inc.), a subsidiary of the Company. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the Company acquired I-trax, Inc.; Whole Health Management; 20 drugstores from Farmacias El Amal, and CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy, Inc. |
