Company Profile
Walgreens
Company Overview
Founded over a century ago in 1901, we have a rich and colorful history of continuous improvement and innovation at Walgreens. From inventing the world’s first chocolate malted milkshake to the creation of one of the most popular and sophisticated mobile applications in retail shopping today, we have transformed ourselves into a leader within the retail and drug industry.
Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., the first global pharmacy-led, health well being enterprise. In addition, Walgreens was recently recognized on Fortune magazine’s 2019 “Change the World” list, and Walgreens Boots Alliance has been ranked No.18 among 2019’s hot 100 retailers in the National Retail Federation’s Stores magazine.
Company History
We're America's premier pharmacy
How did a neighborhood drugstore, founded in 1901 and measuring just 50 feet by 20 feet, become the pharmacy all others are measured by and one of the most respected American corporations?
It all started in a town called Dixon
It would be impossible to tell the story of Walgreens drugstores without telling the story of Charles R. Walgreen, Sr. the man who started it all. Walgreen was born near Galesburg, Illinois, before his family relocated to Dixon, Illinois - a town 60 miles north of his birthplace - when his father, a farmer turned businessman, saw the great commercial potential of the Rock River Valley. It was here that Walgreen, at the age of 16, had his first experience working in a drugstore, though it was far from a positive one. Working at Horton's Drugstore (for $4 a week) was a job he took only because of an accident that left him unable to take part in sports. While working in a local shoe factory, Walgreen accidentally cut off the top joint of his middle finger, ending his athletic competition. Were it not for the accident, Walgreen might never have become a pharmacist, business owner and phenomenally successful entrepreneur. Ironically, his initial experience working at Horton's was itself a failure. Walgreen left after just a year and a half on the job.
Still, Walgreen realized that his future lay not in Dixon, but in a far larger city - Chicago.
Historical Highlights:
https://www.walgreens.com/topic/about/press/facts.jsp
Notable Products / Brands
Sleek, Boots Soltan, Soap & Glory, Liz Earle, Botanics, YourGoodSkin, & No7
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Please see the link below:
https://news.walgreens.com/our-stories/top-moments-of-2019.htm
Benefits
Walgreens offers a wide variety of benefits to eligible team members designed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being while helping you balance work and life. In addition to company-paid life insurance and voluntary life & personal accident insurance, the benefits below are available to our team members.
Please learn more below:
https://jobs.walgreens.com/benefits