WBA Stock Recent News

Drugstore stock Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has been seeing muted price action for the past few months, ever since news that Sycamore Partners is taking the company private in a $10 billion deal.

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WBA expands micro-fulfillment with a new facility in Brooklyn Park, MN. This will support nearly 200 Walgreens stores across the Midwest.

A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of pharmacy assets from more than 1,000 Rite Aid stores to CVS Health, Walgreens as well as grocery store chains including Kroger and Albertsons.

Walgreens says it is boosting its investment in robotics with its new Minnesota-based micro-fulfillment center. The center, announced Tuesday (May 20), is based in the town of Brooklyn Park and will support nearly 200 Walgreens locations throughout the Midwest, including 145 in Minnesota alone, processing a projected 13 million prescriptions each year.

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreens is continuing to invest in innovative pharmacy solutions with the opening of a new micro-fulfillment center (MFC) in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. This facility will streamline prescription processing and reduce administrative tasks, freeing up pharmacists to focus more on delivering personalized care to their patients. This new facility will support nearly 200 Walgreens stores across the Midwest, including 145 in Minnesota alone, and is expected to proce.

In the most recent trading session, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) closed at $11.18, indicating a +0.45% shift from the previous trading day.

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Walgreens is reportedly increasing its use of robots to fill prescriptions for its retail locations. Company officials told CNBC in a report Sunday (May 11) that the pharmacy hopes to have its 11 micro-fulfillment centers serving more than 5,000 stores before the year's end.

Walgreens is expanding the number of its retail stores served by its micro-fulfillment centers as it works to turn itself around and prepares to go private. Those centers use robots to fill thousands of prescriptions for patients who take medications to manage or treat diabetes, high blood pressure or other conditions.