Walgreens opens Washington micro-fulfillment center

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    "excerpt": "The automated facility is set to support 196 Walgreens stores across the region by streamlining prescription fulfillment. Walgreens opened a micro-fulfillment center in Kent, Washington, on July 22 in an effort to boost prescription processing, a spokesperson for the company told Supply Chain Dive in an email. The facility is equipped with robotic technology and will process millions of prescriptions weekly, with 7 million prescriptions to be processed a year, the spokesperson said, adding that the site will support nearly 196 stores, including 122 in Washington. The Kent facility is part of Walgreens’ efforts to grow and leverage micro-fulfillment centers after pausing the effort in 2023 . During the pause, the company reviewed its strategy because the “experience at the last mile was not what we wanted it to be,” former CEO Tim Wentworth said in a Q1 2025 earnings call . However, last spring, Walgreens rekindled its micro-fulfillment initiative by opening a facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The company said it has realized improvement in shipped volumes and prescriptions filled per month from such facilities. Walgreens now has a total of 14 micro-fulfillment centers, including the Kent site, according to the company's jobs website . Amid the renewed focus on micro-fulfillment centers, the pharmacy retailer is making additional adjustments to its network, announcing in...",
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