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Walgreens to Give Away 1 Million Redbox Movie Nights Thanksgiving Day
The First 130 Walgreens Customers at Stores Nationwide Will Receive a Redbox Promotional Code for a Free One-Day DVD Rental
DEERFIELD, Ill., November 23, 2011 - Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) (NASDAQ:WAG) will offer 1 million reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving by rewarding the first 130 customers to make a purchase at more than 7,700 locations nationwide on Thanksgiving Day with a free one-day Redbox® DVD rental*. The free one-day DVD rental will be valid at all Walgreens Redbox locations from Thanksgiving Day through Dec. 24, 2011.
“We’re pleased to build upon our existing relationship with Redbox to offer this reward to our early bird shoppers this Thanksgiving,” said Bob Cinq-Mars, Walgreens divisional merchandise manager for front-end services. “The holidays are a great time to gather the family for a movie. This will be a good chance for some to try out the service for the first time and a nice bonus for many others who have long enjoyed the convenience and value of Redbox rentals at their neighborhood Walgreens.”
Looking to celebrate the holidays with a movie? Visit Redbox at your local Walgreens and find the top new releases including “Super 8,” “Bridesmaids,” “Cars 2” and more as well as a selection of movies themed for the holidays: “Christmas with the Kranks,” “Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (The Play)” or “The Littlest Angel.”
To find the nearest Walgreens featuring a Redbox kiosk, America’s destination for movie and game rentals, visit www.walgreens.com/redbox and enter your zip code.
*This excludes prescription purchases.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2011 sales of $72 billion. The company operates 7,786 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
About Redbox
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc., offers new-release DVD, Blu-ray Disc® and video game rentals through its network of conveniently located, self-service kiosks. Redbox has rented more than 1.5 billion discs and is available at more than 34,400 kiosks across over 28,000 locations nationwide, including select McDonald’s restaurants, leading grocery, drug and convenience stores, select Walmart locations and Walgreens locations in select markets. For more information, visit www.redbox.com.
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