Business
If Walgreens Boots goes through with it, this could be the largest leveraged buyout in history, people familiar with the matter said.
Nov. 5, 2019
Walgreens agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling more than 745,000 prescriptions.
Feb. 4, 2020
Letters to the Editor
Newsom’s threatened boycott of Walgreens feeds into his enemies’ narrative of him, even if the drug chain is wrong not to sell mifepristone in 20 states.
March 8, 2023
Employees at Walgreens pharmacies across the U.S. walked out Monday, protesting unsafe working conditions.
Oct. 10, 2023
California
The family of Banko Brown has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Walgreens and a security guard who fatally shot Brown in April in San Francisco.
June 2, 2023
The settlement follows a federal judge’s finding last year that the drugstore chain doled out hundreds of thousands of “red flag” prescription drug orders without investigation.
May 17, 2023
Walgreens has tapped Starbucks executive Roz Brewer as its new CEO, which will make her the only Black woman leading a Fortune 500 company.
Jan. 27, 2021
More than 100 million prescription opioid pills were dispensed by Walgreens in the city between 2006 and 2020.
Aug. 10, 2022
Walgreens Boots Alliance reached a tentative settlement with consumers who claimed that the drugstore giant was “willfully blind” to fraud at blood-testing startup Theranos.
May 23, 2023
Walgreens will hike its starting pay to $15 an hour beginning in October, as employers across the U.S. continue boosting wages to attract workers.
Aug. 31, 2021