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7 unusual facts about Walgreens


Cape Dart

It was discovered in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service in a flight from West Base, and was named for Justin Whitlock Dart who, as an executive of the Walgreen Drug Co, supported the expedition.

Johnny Bulla

He won the L.A. Open in 1941 with a discount golf ball, which sold for a quarter at Walgreens.

Kent Jail

In December 1999 the building was moved to 497 Middlebury Road to make way for a Walgreens drug store, and was subsequently delisted from the register July 20, 2000.

Schoep's Ice Cream

Schoep's ice cream is not generally distributed outside of the Midwest United States under the Schoep's brand, but instead as Walgreens brand Ice Cream.

Since 1993 Schoep's has been the sole producer of ice cream sold under the Walgreens label.

Vantiv

Vantiv maintains a number of relationships with large and small merchants including Barnes & Noble, Dollar General, The Kroger Company, Walgreens, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Inc and T.J. Maxx, and restaurants including In-N-Out Burger, T.G.I. Friday’s, Wendy’s International, Inc.and Bob Evans.

Walgreen Coast

The Walgreen Coast was named by Byrd after Charles R. Walgreen, president of Walgreens at the time, who was a supporter of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and assisted in equipping the Bear for the USAS, 1939-41.


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Attensity

Corporations that use or have used Attensity software include Airbus, Charles Schwab, Citigroup, HP, JetBlue, Lloyds Banking Group, Safeway, Siemens, StubHub, TiVo, Travelocity, Unilever, Walgreens, Wells Fargo and Whirlpool.

Bernauer

David Bernauer, the former chairman and CEO of the pharmacy chain Walgreens

Brooks Pharmacy

All Brooks and Eckerd locations were either rebranded as Rite Aid (in some locations with a Rite Aid within a mile of the old store, usually another pharmacy company, such as CVS/pharmacy or Walgreens buys that location), sold to comply with FTC antitrust regulations, or were closed.

D3 LED

In their first two years of operations, D3 landed projects in and around Times Square, including the ABC Studios Supersign, two M&Ms World displays, the Army Recruiting Station display, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and the Walgreens display on the One Times Square building, which is the tallest LED display in Times Square.

Gainesville, Virginia

The intersection of I-66 and Lee Highway (29 Highway) boasts the largest shopping center with big box stores, such as Target Supercenter, Lowe's, Best Buy, DSW, Walgreens, and many other stores and restaurants.

Great Lakes Life Magazine

In its first two years, Erie Life Magazine saw an unprecedented growth, increasing distribution from only 25 small, independent retail locations to over 640 big box retail points in four states and southern Ontario including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Wegmans Food Markets, Walmart, Walgreens, Country Fair, Giant Eagle Grocery Stores, Chapters, and Indigo Books and Music.

Loyalty program

These include Smith's, Kroger and Safeway (each through both its own name and many of its regional chain names), Winn-Dixie, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Giant Eagle, Tops, Price Chopper, ShopRite, A&P and its related chains Pathmark, SuperFresh and Waldbaums, Wegmans, Stop & Shop and sister chains Giant-Carlisle and Giant-Landover, Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS/pharmacy.

Rite Aid

On January 4, 2008, Rite Aid Corporation announced that it would terminate its operation of the 28 Rite Aid stores in the Las Vegas, Nevada area and has signed an agreement to sell patient prescription files of the 27 stores in the Las Vegas metro market to Walgreens.

The Mall at 163rd Street

In addition, it sported forty-nine outlets, including Food Fair (later Pantry Pride), J. C. Penney, M and M Cafeteria, Walgreens, and Woolworth.

Usablenet

In November 2011, Dell Inc., Walgreens, CVS Caremark Corp. and Victoria's Secret, all powered by Usablenet, were listed as four of the top five mobile retailers on the Keynote Mobile Performance Index.


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