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36. Walgreen
Walgreen
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Rank: 36 (Previous rank: 40)
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CEO: Gregory D. Wasson
Address: 200 Wilmot Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: 847-914-2500
Website: www.walgreens.com
Faced with rising competition and slowing sales of prescription drugs (yet more fallout from the recession), Walgreen is overhauling operations.

Led by newly appointed CEO Gregory Wasson, a 29-year company veteran, Walgreen is scaling back new store openings, remodeling existing locations and reformulating the way it fills prescriptions. Wasson replaces Jeffrey Rein, who announced his retirement on Oct. 10, two days after Walgreen walked away from a battle with CVS Caremark Corp. to purchase Longs Drug Stores. - S.K.

  $ millions % change from 2007
Revenues 59,034.0 9.8
Profits 2,157.0 5.7
Assets 22,410.0 —
Stockholders' equity 12,869.0 —
Market value (3/27/2009) 26,040.2 —
Profits as % of  
Revenues 3.7
Assets 9.6
Stockholders' equity 16.8
Earnings per share  
2008 $ 2.17
% change from 2007 6.9
1998-2008 annual growth rate % 15.6
Total return to investors %
2008 -34.4
1998-2008 annual rate -1.1
Rank Company 500
rank		 Revenues
($ millions)
1 CVS Caremark 19 87,471.9
2 Kroger 22 76,000.0
3 Walgreen 36 59,034.0
4 Safeway 50 44,104.0
5 Supervalu 51 44,048.0
6 Rite Aid 100 24,417.7
7 Publix Super Markets 101 24,109.6
8 Whole Foods Market 324 7,953.9
9 Winn-Dixie Stores 340 7,281.4
10 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea 360 6,963.8
11 Ruddick 555 3,992.4
12 Stater Bros. Holdings 580 3,741.3
13 Ingles Markets 650 3,238.0
14 Weis Markets 796 2,422.4
15 Fred's 963 1,798.8
16 Duane Reade Holdings 971 1,774.0
Issue date: May 4, 2009
Figures are for fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2008.
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