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Walgreens Q3 Earnings Call Transcript
Author: 123jump.com Staff
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Last Update: 9:55 AM ET June 25 2009


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Operator

Thank you. (Operator Instructions) To ask a question at this time you may do so by pressing “*1” on your touchtone telephone and as a reminder if you are using a speaker phone please make sure that your mute function is disengaged to allow your signal to reach our equipment. Once again that is “*1” and we’ll go first today to Mark Miller of William Blair.

Mark Miller - William Blair & Co

All right, can you discuss what you think the impact to the P&L will be if the store remodels in 2010? So based on what you’ve learned so far from the up-front expense from converting the stores compared to the benefits as they accrue, do you think it’s reasonable to think that this will be a drag on EPS going forward?

Wade D. Miquelon

Yeah, Mark, good morning. Obviously we are finalizing the modeling for it. I’ll give you a rough range. The rough range, we’re probably talking in the order of $30,000 to $50,000 per store, doing the bulk of stores. Obviously the new stores coming out won’t need to be done. There are some inner city stores that won’t need to be done, so it’s not overall a tremendously significant number. We are seeing lots of other benefits coming from CCR. So while there will be some cost and investment here, mostly expense, we also believe as we continue to go forward, we’ll be getting benefit coming from rewire to help pay for that and from CCR.

Mark Miller - William Blair & Co

Okay, so net of it all, I mean, it sounds like there might be more expense as you go into this until you get more of a, I guess accrual and the benefits, which come a little bit later?

Wade D. Miquelon

Well, yeah, I mean, obviously the benefits come, the benefits from the store remodels come after we’ve remodeled but there’s other benefits from CCR, such as the more efficient pricing, promotion, supply chain work that we are already starting to see and will continue to see.

Mark Miller - William Blair & Co

Okay. My other question is the comment was made about rewired being on pace for the $1 billion in annual cost reductions by 2011. There was no comment for 2010, so can you give us some update? Is that $500 million net savings number still a reasonable range or is that somewhat fluid?

Wade D. Miquelon

We’re absolutely on track.

Mark Miller - William Blair & Co

For the $500 million next year?

Wade D. Miquelon

For this year next year, and the year after.

Mark Miller - William Blair & Co

Okay. Thanks a lot.


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