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PHARMACY
Kroger is the fifth-largest pharmacy operator in the United States in number
of locations, operating retail pharmacies in over 1,900 of our food stores.
During fiscal 2007, Kroger pharmacists filled over 121 million prescriptions
at a retail value of approximately $6.5 billion, an increase of approximately
0.5% versus fiscal 2006. (Fiscal 2006 contained one additional week.
Adjusting for the additional week in 2006, pharmacy sales increased 2.5%.)
Kroger Pharmacy Growth
$6.5$6.5
$5.9
$5.7
$5.5
$5.0
$5.2
$5.4
$5.6
$5.8
$6.0
$6.2
$6.4
$6.6
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
# of Pharmacies
Sales in $ Billions
Pharmacy Sales # Pharmacies
Kroger Pharmacy Growth
1,865 1,898 1,965
1,920
1,912
2,532 2,532 2,468
2,507 2,486
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
72.0%
74.0%
76.0%
78.0%
80.0%
Percentage of Store Base
# Pharmacies
# Stores % of Stores With a Pharmacy
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