Walgreen Co. August Sales Increase 14.0 Percent

DEERFIELD, IL - SEPTEMBER 3: Walgreens and Walgreen Co. signage is shown outside their corporate offices September 3, 2003 in Deerfield, Illinois. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company announced today August sales of $2,800,480,000, an increase of 14.0 percent from $2,456,323,000 for the same month in 2002. Sales in comparable stores, those open at least a year, rose 9.6 percent. August pharmacy sales increased 16.5 percent, while comparable pharmacy sales rose 12.6 percent. Total prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased 5.6 percent. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)