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20 Jun 2012

Boots vs Walgreens - how they compare

Boots vs Walgreens: In figures

Boots

Employees

116,000


Pharmacies

3,200

Sales 2011-12

£25.4 billion

Profit 2011-12

£1.3 billion

Profit growth on 2010-11

12.4%

Trading profit growth past five years

+88%

Dispensed items per year

260 million

Walgreens

Employees

247,000


Pharmacies

7,761

Sales 2011-12

£45.9 billion

Profit 2011-12

£13 billion

Profit growth on 2010-11

 8%

Gross profit growth past five years

  +34%

Dispensed items 2011 financial year

819 million

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Sue Kirby, Non healthcare professional
Posted on 23 June 2012.
What information is there about payment of taxes by each company?
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Claire Hoelters, Community pharmacist
Posted on 23 June 2012.
So Walgreen's is a business about twice the size of Boots, terms of employees, outlets and sales and yet creates ten times as much profit!! What's their secret??
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