Friday, August 19, 2005

Walgreens in talks for first Hawai'i store

Walgreens, the nation's biggest-selling drug store chain, has set its sights on Hawai'i in an expansion plan that would deliver more consumer shopping options and could threaten the dominance of what many kama'aina regard as a local sales institution, Longs Drug Stores.

Walgreens, a behemoth with more than 10 times as many stores as Longs, is negotiating with the owner of Pearl Kai Shopping Center to build a store with a drive-through pharmacy as part of an effort to establish at least two or three stores in Honolulu, the owner of Pearl Kai said.

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