Flash ReportWalgreens Boots Alliance Bags Over 60 Shopko Stores After Bankruptcy Court Approves Bids Coresight Research January 30, 2019 Executive SummaryWisconsin-based retailer Shopko recently announced it would exit the pharmacy business and sell off its assets as part of a financial restructuring. These are the highlights of the asset sale and the retailers acquiring the assets: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), CVS Health (CVS) and Albertsons led a group of over 20 drugstore and retail chains that bid for the prescriptions and other pharmacy assets belonging to bankrupt retailer Shopko. WBA secured 63 pharmacies, the highest number among all the companies that bid, followed by CVS (which acquired 13) and Albertsons (which acquired seven). Shopko auctioned 120 pharmacy assets or stores in total. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 48: M&S To Open Up to 500 New Food StoresShoptalk Spring 2025 Wrap-Up: Customer-Centricity for a New Golden Age of RetailWeekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 15: Guess? To Close Nearly 20 StoresUS Drugstore and Pharmacy Retailing: Themes, Concepts and Innovators—Rightsizing for Relevance; Smaller Footprints for a Bigger Impact
