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DEERFIELD, Ill. — With its drug store recovery efforts complete across its 108 drug stores in Puerto Rico, Walgreens is launching an additional investment campaign on the island to expand its offerings in all of its Puerto Rico locations to include, among other features, new patient health rooms, an expanded beauty offering and FedEx OnSite services.

When the expansion of services is complete later this summer, Walgreens said it expects to have invested $35 million in Puerto Rico since last year’s hurricanes.

Walgreens on Wednesday said it reopened its drug store in Toa Baja, its final drug store to reopen on the island and one of six locations where the company operated a temporary pharmacy while it repaired the store.

“We are very excited to not only rebuild, but continue to innovate in our stores by bringing new features and services to a community where we have provided trusted care for nearly 60 years,” said Alex Gourlay, president of Walgreens. “Our employees’ response in the community over the last year is the perfect example of what it means to work at Walgreens. Whether they were working to re-establish pharmacy services or going door-to-door to hand out bottled water, we could not be more proud of how our employees continued to care for the community. They, along with our customers on the island, deserve this commitment.”

Walgreens said it is now upgrading all of its Puerto Rico pharmacies to include patient health rooms that allow pharmacists to provide counseling and services such as immunizations in a private setting.

Walgreens also is elevating its beauty offering in all its Puerto Rico stores to include an expanded offering from brands such as No7BotanicsSoap & Glory and YourGoodSkin. The stores will feature a new beauty consultation area where specially trained beauty consultants are available to help customers discover new offerings. In 10 locations, a marquee beauty experience will offer additional prestige beauty brands.

All Walgreens drug stores in Puerto Rico also will receive Walgreens updated brand materials to reflect the company’s new brand, Trusted since 1901, which launched last December.

Beyond the traditional drug store experience, Walgreens is working in collaboration with FedEx to offer FedEx OnSite package pickup and drop off services at all Walgreens locations in Puerto Rico.

While the company worked to reopen its stores following the hurricanes, Walgreens continued to pay its Puerto Rico employees who were temporarily unable to work due to a closed location. Walgreens also operated temporary pharmacies in mobile trailers in six locations to quickly restore pharmacy services in these areas.

Walgreens operates 108 drugstores on the island and continues to be a major employer with about 4,500 employees in Puerto Rico.

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