CHICAGO -- By the end of next year, most Walgreens customers will be able to pick up prescriptions and packages in a single stop.
To accommodate a growing number of e-commerce packages -- particularly for customers who can't easily have orders shipped to their homes -- Walgreens will let customers pick up and drop off packages shipped through FedEx at thousands of pharmacies, the companies said last week.
The service initially will be available in a few dozen stores this spring, said Walgreens spokesman Michael Polzin. Walgreens, headquartered in suburban Chicago, expects to begin expanding the program this summer, deploying it in "thousands" of stores by the end of the year and nearly 8,000 by fall 2018, he said.
FedEx packages likely will be handled at a counter near Walgreens' photo services, Polzin said. A secure cabinet behind the counter will hold packages until they're picked up by FedEx or the customer.