If you have health issues currently and are on a prescription, you would either need to have a good HMO premium guaranteed by where you work to ensure that you always have access to the drugs that would make you better. If you do not have access to a good HMO premium, you might have to buy those costly drugs with your own money, and if you are a middle to low-income money, you may have to rely on discounts and coupons to have access to your drugs. Many pharmaceutical companies in the USA the dilemma of many middle and low-income earners who would have to pay through their noses for their parents, spouses, or children to keep getting their drugs. Among these companies is the Walgreen pharmaceutical company. Let’s know more about walgreens discounts and how to access them.
Walgreens owns the most amount of pharmaceutical retail stores in the USA, after CVS. Walgreen’s services include the provision of health information to the public, sales of health products, and filling of prescriptions. Walgreens also offers photo services.
In this article, I would be providing you with information about Walgreens under these subheadings.
- About the company
- Controversies and Scandals.
- Walgreens company brands and services.
- Walgreens special offers: discounts and promo.
About the company
Walgreens was established by a businessman named Charles Walgreen, in 1901. The first Walgreen store was located in Cottage Grove & Bowen avenues, Chicago.
In 1913, Charles Walgreen opened four more stores in the southern part of Chicago and continued adding more stores to the pharmaceutical retail chain. Walgreens expanded to 30 US states during the lifetime of Charles Walgreen and did not stop expanding after his death in 1939.
Presently, the company is worth 98 billion dollars according to banking rates, has stores in every city in the USA, and operates an online drug store.
Walgreens Controversies and Scandals
Like every other transnational company of its size, Walgreens has been involved in several scandals in its 121 years of existence. Walgreens scandals and controversies that made it to the news are:
- A 2008 lawsuit initiated by the EEOC, alleging discrimination against Walgreens Black employees. Also in 2011, Walgreens was in another lawsuit filed by the EEOC for firing a diabetic staff because the staff ate the store’s food while trying to stop an attack of hypoglycemia.
- Also in 2008, Walgreens was sued for switching prescription forms without doctors’ approval for the sole aim of maximizing profits. Walgreens had to pay 35million dollars to the government of 42 states, the US federal government, and the government of Puerto Rico.
- In 2012, Walgreens was sued by workers’ unions in the Northern District Court of Illinois for inflating prices of over-the-counter drugs.
- From 2012 through to 2022, Walgreens has been accused of violating drug controls by excessively dispensing oxycodone to the public. In 2021, Walgreens alongside Walmart and CVS was found guilty of contributing to the abuse and misuse of opioids which has led to several American deaths since the 90s.
Walgreens brands and services
Walgreens own twenty-sixbrands under the name: Walgreen Boots Alliance. These brands are located in countries all over the world and provide services like the sale of medications, production of toilet papers, cosmetics, Grocery stores, sale of vitamins and supplements, sale of toys, sale of office supplies, and so on.
Walgreens special offers: discounts and promos
Walgreens offers several online coupons and promo-code that you can either use online to purchase products from their stores or redeem physically at the stores. To know about this coupons and how to use them, visit their website at www.walgreens.com, or download their app on your Android or apple app-store and create an account to see their latest discount offers. You can also look for coupons on several websites such as retailmenot, forbes.com, etc.
Here are a few discount offers found on the Walgreens website:
✅ $1.25 discount on Scott paper towels and other products.
✅$1 discount on Scott soap.
✅ $1 discount on Oral-B floss.
✅$1.5 discount on coca-cola.
✅ $3 discount on Pepsi products.
✅ $1 discount on detergents.
✅ $1 discount on the crest (only available online in Puerto Rico).
✅ $1 discount on Olay bar soap
✅ $3 discount on Dove hair conditioner.
✅$1 discount on Lemonade.
✅$ 4 discount on sleeping aids (Unisom).
✅ $1.5 discount on Deodorant (Mitchum)
✅ $2 discount on Antacids (Walgreens antacid)
✅$4 discount on Face Product (CoverGirl)
Photo Promos
✅ 50% discount on 4 by 6 inches Prints.
✅ 60% discount on floating frames and canvas prints.
✅ Free Photo Cubes and Acrylic Blocks
✅ 50% discount on Photo Magnets.
✅ 50% discount on Tilepix.
✅ 50% discount on posters.
✅ 50% discount on wood and metal panels.
All discount and coupon codes are available on the company website: www.Wellgreens.com
