Walgreen (WAG) May Front-End Comps Rose 1.2%, Traffic Down 3.5%
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Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) ad May sales of $6.22 billion, an increase of 4.3 percent from $5.97 billion for the same month in fiscal 2012.
Total front-end sales increased 3.4 percent compared with the same month in fiscal 2012, while comparable store front-end sales increased 1.2 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 3.5 percent while basket size increased 4.7 percent.
Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased by 7.1 percent in May and increased 7.5 percent on a calendar day-shift adjusted basis. This year’s May had one additional Friday and one fewer Tuesday compared with May 2012. These calendar shifts negatively impacted prescriptions filled at comparable stores by 0.4 percentage point.
The company said the percentage of former Express Scripts prescriptions returning to its pharmacies continued to increase in May.
May pharmacy sales increased by 4.4 percent, while comparable store pharmacy sales increased 3.8 percent and increased by a calendar day-shift adjusted 4.2 percent. Calendar day shifts negatively impacted pharmacy sales in comparable stores by 0.4 percentage point. Calendar day-shift adjusted comparable store pharmacy sales were negatively impacted by 3.7 percentage points due to generic drug introductions in the last 12 months. Pharmacy sales accounted for 63.1 percent of total sales for the month.
Sales in comparable stores increased by 2.8 percent in May. Calendar day shifts negatively impacted total comparable sales by 0.3 percentage point, while generic drug introductions in the last 12 months negatively impacted total comparable sales by 2.3 percentage points.
Registrations for Walgreens Balance® Rewards loyalty program, which launched in September, totaled more than 72 million through May.
Total sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 were $18.34 billion, up 3.3 percent from $17.75 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Comparable store sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 increased 1.3 percent, while front-end comparable store sales for the quarter increased 0.3 percent. Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased 7.0 percent in the third quarter and comparable pharmacy sales increased 2.0 percent.
Calendar 2013 sales to date were $30.27 billion, an increase of 2.9 percent from $29.41 billion in 2012.
Fiscal 2013 year-to-date sales for the first nine months were $54.30 billion, down 0.5 percent from $54.56 billion in the comparable period in fiscal 2012.
Walgreens opened 13 stores during May, including two relocations, and closed one.
On May 31, Walgreens operated 8,560 locations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. That includes 8,096 drugstores, 207 more than a year ago, including 70 net stores acquired over the last 12 months. The company also operates infusion and respiratory services facilities, specialty pharmacies and mail service facilities. Its Take Care Health Systems subsidiary manages more than 700 in-store convenient care clinics and worksite health and wellness centers.
Total front-end sales increased 3.4 percent compared with the same month in fiscal 2012, while comparable store front-end sales increased 1.2 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 3.5 percent while basket size increased 4.7 percent.
Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased by 7.1 percent in May and increased 7.5 percent on a calendar day-shift adjusted basis. This year’s May had one additional Friday and one fewer Tuesday compared with May 2012. These calendar shifts negatively impacted prescriptions filled at comparable stores by 0.4 percentage point.
The company said the percentage of former Express Scripts prescriptions returning to its pharmacies continued to increase in May.
May pharmacy sales increased by 4.4 percent, while comparable store pharmacy sales increased 3.8 percent and increased by a calendar day-shift adjusted 4.2 percent. Calendar day shifts negatively impacted pharmacy sales in comparable stores by 0.4 percentage point. Calendar day-shift adjusted comparable store pharmacy sales were negatively impacted by 3.7 percentage points due to generic drug introductions in the last 12 months. Pharmacy sales accounted for 63.1 percent of total sales for the month.
Sales in comparable stores increased by 2.8 percent in May. Calendar day shifts negatively impacted total comparable sales by 0.3 percentage point, while generic drug introductions in the last 12 months negatively impacted total comparable sales by 2.3 percentage points.
Registrations for Walgreens Balance® Rewards loyalty program, which launched in September, totaled more than 72 million through May.
Total sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 were $18.34 billion, up 3.3 percent from $17.75 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Comparable store sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 increased 1.3 percent, while front-end comparable store sales for the quarter increased 0.3 percent. Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased 7.0 percent in the third quarter and comparable pharmacy sales increased 2.0 percent.
Calendar 2013 sales to date were $30.27 billion, an increase of 2.9 percent from $29.41 billion in 2012.
Fiscal 2013 year-to-date sales for the first nine months were $54.30 billion, down 0.5 percent from $54.56 billion in the comparable period in fiscal 2012.
Walgreens opened 13 stores during May, including two relocations, and closed one.
On May 31, Walgreens operated 8,560 locations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. That includes 8,096 drugstores, 207 more than a year ago, including 70 net stores acquired over the last 12 months. The company also operates infusion and respiratory services facilities, specialty pharmacies and mail service facilities. Its Take Care Health Systems subsidiary manages more than 700 in-store convenient care clinics and worksite health and wellness centers.
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