Walgreens expands offerings, investments in Puerto Rico
With recovery efforts complete across its 108 drug stores in Puerto Rico, Walgreens announced on Wednesday that it is launching an additional investment campaign on the island to expand the offerings in all of its Puerto Rico locations to include, among other features, new patient health rooms, an expanded beauty offering and FedEx OnSite services.
When the expansion of services is complete later this summer, Walgreens expects to have invested $35 million in Puerto Rico since last year’s hurricanes.
Walgreens will reopen on Wednesday its drug store in Toa Baja, its final store to reopen on the island and one of six locations where the company operated a temporary pharmacy while it repaired the store.
“We are very excited to not only rebuild, but continue to innovate in our stores by bringing new features and services to a community where we have provided trusted care for nearly 60 years,” said Alex Gourlay, president of Walgreens. “Our employees’ response in the community over the last year is the perfect example of what it means to work at Walgreens. Whether they were working to re-establish pharmacy services or going door-to-door to hand out bottled water, we could not be more proud of how our employees continued to care for the community. They, along with our customers on the island, deserve this commitment.”
Walgreens is now upgrading all of its Puerto Rico pharmacies to include patient health rooms that allow pharmacists to provide counseling and services such as immunizations in a private setting.
Walgreens also is elevating its beauty offering in all its Puerto Rico stores to include an expanded offering from brands such as No7, Botanics, Soap & Glory and YourGoodSkin. The stores will feature a new beauty consultation area where specially trained beauty consultants are available to help customers discover new offerings. In 10 locations, a marquee beauty experience will offer additional prestige beauty brands.
All Walgreens locations in Puerto Rico also will receive the retailer’s updated brand materials to reflect its new brand, Trusted since 1901, which launched last December. When complete, Puerto Rico will be the first market where all Walgreens locations will reflect the new brand materials.
In addition, Walgreens is working in collaboration with FedEx to offer FedEx OnSite package pickup and drop off services at all Walgreens locations in Puerto Rico.
When the expansion of services is complete later this summer, Walgreens expects to have invested $35 million in Puerto Rico since last year’s hurricanes.
Walgreens will reopen on Wednesday its drug store in Toa Baja, its final store to reopen on the island and one of six locations where the company operated a temporary pharmacy while it repaired the store.
“We are very excited to not only rebuild, but continue to innovate in our stores by bringing new features and services to a community where we have provided trusted care for nearly 60 years,” said Alex Gourlay, president of Walgreens. “Our employees’ response in the community over the last year is the perfect example of what it means to work at Walgreens. Whether they were working to re-establish pharmacy services or going door-to-door to hand out bottled water, we could not be more proud of how our employees continued to care for the community. They, along with our customers on the island, deserve this commitment.”
Walgreens is now upgrading all of its Puerto Rico pharmacies to include patient health rooms that allow pharmacists to provide counseling and services such as immunizations in a private setting.
Walgreens also is elevating its beauty offering in all its Puerto Rico stores to include an expanded offering from brands such as No7, Botanics, Soap & Glory and YourGoodSkin. The stores will feature a new beauty consultation area where specially trained beauty consultants are available to help customers discover new offerings. In 10 locations, a marquee beauty experience will offer additional prestige beauty brands.
All Walgreens locations in Puerto Rico also will receive the retailer’s updated brand materials to reflect its new brand, Trusted since 1901, which launched last December. When complete, Puerto Rico will be the first market where all Walgreens locations will reflect the new brand materials.
In addition, Walgreens is working in collaboration with FedEx to offer FedEx OnSite package pickup and drop off services at all Walgreens locations in Puerto Rico.