Walgreen Co. May Sales Increase 12.3 Percent

NILES, IL - JUNE 4: Walgreens signage is displayed outside a Walgreens store June 4, 2003 in Niles, Illinois. Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreen Co. had May sales of $2,812,924,000, an increase of 12.3 percent from the same month in 2002. Sales in comparable stores, those open at least a year, rose 8.1 percent and May pharmacy sales increased 14.6 percent, while comparable pharmacy sales rose 10.9 percent. Total prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased 4.8 percent. Walgreens also opened 27 stores during May, including five relocations, and closed one store. On May 31 the company operated 4,050 drugstores in 43 states and Puerto Rico, versus 3,766 a year ago. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)