Footnote | Walgreens is part of the Walgreens Boots Alliance that operates stores under the Walgreens and Duane Reade banners in the U.S. plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Overall sales for the fiscal year were $105.1 billion with the U.S. accounting for 77% of the total or $81 billion of which consumables accounted for an estimated 35%. Walgreens has agreed to acquire Rite Aid Corp. which operates nearly 4600 stores with total sales of $26.5 billion of which consumables account for about 31% or $8.2 billion. |