As Walgreens Goes, So Goes the Country

Walgreens is the second largest drug store company in the country (behind CVS, which has more stores but does not make as much money). Walgreens, founded by a man named.. you guessed it, Walgreen, started in Chicago almost a hundred years ago. Walgreens grew rapidly mainly because the soda fountains featured something new, a chocolate malted milk shake. Today, with 425 new stores opening each year and 7,000 planned by 2010 it is a marketing force to be reckoned with. If you are even sleepily observant you have seen digital signs at the curb, under the big Walgreens logo. BIG Deal, you say. They ARE a big deal because they are not your father's digital signs with letters made of light bulbs that are turned on and off to make a scrolling pitch for headache remedies at View the rest of this article