Published on 21 Jan 2022 on Zacks via Yahoo Finance
Walgreens (WBA), Village MD Plan to Expand Into Arizona
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. WBA and Village MD recently announced plans to open eight new Village Medical at Walgreens primary care and pharmacy practices in the Tucson area in 2022. These openings represent expansion into the second major market in Arizona, following Phoenix.
It is worth noting that the Village Medical at Walgreens locations in the Tucson area will employ 140 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) professionals. This is expected to create 285 full-time jobs.
Further, Walgreens and VillageMD plan to open more than 200 Village Medical at Walgreens practices by 2020-end, including 81 locations that have already opened across 11 markets in Arizona, Florida, Texas, Kentucky and Indiana.