The private equity firm that acquired Walgreens as part of a $10 billion deal plans to double the pharmacy chain’s profitability over the next several years, according to people familiar with the matter.

A lawsuit against Walgreens stores over alleged price-scanner and expired-product violations in California has resulted in the company agreeing to pay $6 million and to institute a new price guarantee to settle a lawsuit by multiple counties.

A Walgreens store in Seattle’s Central District is set to shutter permanently this spring, marking another pharmacy loss for the city. The location at 2400 South Jackson Street will close on May 19, director of corporate communications Carly Kaplan said in an emailed statement Thursday.

A 45-year-old Doylestown, Pa. woman was arrested and charged with setting a fire inside a Walgreens in Denville, authorities announced Friday, April 3.On Thursday, March 19, officers responded to a fire inside the Walgreens at 22 W.

A former Tacoma Walgreens property has sold to an entity affiliated with a Houston-based investor. The site, 2024 Sixth Ave., near the intersection of Sixth and South Sprague Avenue, was previously home to a Walgreens drugstore,

Crusader Community Health purchased a former Walgreens location in Rockford with plans to turn it into a center for women’s health, according to company officials.