Walgreens opened a new micro-fulfillment center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, reviving its push to expand the use of the automated facilities, according to a May 20 press release. The facility is ...

Rick Gates, senior vice president, chief pharmacy officer of Walgreens, talked about the importance of robotic technology in a centralized pharmacy environment.

Walgreens, based in Illinois, and Virginia state officials announced on Friday that the company plans to to invest $34.2 million to establish a micro-fulfillment center for high-value ...

Walgreens’ micro-fulfillment center in Minnesota is the first to open since the company paused the expansion of its network of the automated facilities last fall. With the addition of the ...

Walgreens’ micro-fulfillment center in Minnesota is the first to open since the company paused the expansion of its network of the automated facilities last fall. With the addition of the Minnesota ...

Walgreens told CNBC it hopes to have its 11 micro-fulfillment centers serve more than 5,000 stores by the end of the year, up from 4,800 in February and 4,300 in October 2023.

Fulfilment centers use robots to fill thousands of prescriptions for patients who take medications to manage or treat diabetes, high blood pressure or other conditions.

In March 2025 Walgreens announced a $10 billion acquisition by Sycamore Partners that sent the company private after nearly a century as a public company.

Initially, the project was approved for use as a warehouse expected to generate 41 truck passes daily, but those plans have changed as Walgreens has been eying the site for a fulfillment center.

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