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As part of the FedEx Onsite™ program, customers will be able to drop off pre-packaged and pre-labeled shipments to Walgreens stores and pick up packages that they direct to their neighborhood Walgreens.Īfter an initial, small-scale rollout this spring, Walgreens and FedEx expect to have the program available at thousands of Walgreens locations later this calendar year and chainwide at nearly 8,000 Walgreens stores by fall 2018.įedEx Corp. “We look forward to providing our customers with these convenient options that will be available whenever the store is open.”īy bringing together Walgreens convenient network of retail locations across the country and FedEx as one of the leading enablers of the rapidly growing e-commerce economy, this new alliance will significantly expand the options available to consumers to drop off and pick up their FedEx shipments and handle multiple tasks during a single store visit. “Working with FedEx to provide safe and secure delivery locations while making it easy for customers to ship returns and other packages through the FedEx networks is another way we are becoming America’s most loved pharmacy-led health, wellbeing and beauty retailer,” said Reuben Slone, Walgreens senior vice president of supply chain. We look forward to offering these capabilities to customers, and continuing to meet their e-commerce shipping needs with these flexible options.” “The addition of Walgreens locations to the existing network of FedEx retail offerings will substantially increase customer access to staffed pickup and dropoff locations and enhance convenient access to FedEx Ground and FedEx Express package shipment and dropoff options. “Walgreens, with its strong focus on customer care, is the perfect retailer to help us continue to meet the growing demand for convenient, secure dropoff and pickup options, and our research has shown that customers rank pharmacies as a preferred location for accessing their e-commerce shipments,” said Raj Subramaniam, executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer, FedEx Corporation. (NYSE: FDX) and Walgreen Co., one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, announced a long-term alliance agreement that will offer convenient access to FedEx dropoff and pickup services at thousands of Walgreens locations across the United States beginning within the next several months. We wanted to let know about these package-shipping and receiving options before the holiday rush begins, so we created this handy guide to FedEx and UPS access points for your information.MEMPHIS, Tenn., and DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan 11, 2017-FedEx Corp. The best part of these FedEx and UPS access points is that many of them are conveniently located at retailers where you probably have other errands to run and their hours of operation tend to be more user-friendly than typical FedEx or UPS or locations too. Many of these alternate locations allow you to drop off packages for shipping and re-route your packages for delivery so you can pick them up there at your convenience! This was great news for those of us who find it difficult or inconvenient to get to the FedEx Office or UPS Store during the day! We were surprised to learn that there are so many alternatives for shipping and receiving packages. Homeowners have gone to great lengths to prevent the theft of their packages, including installing cameras, purchasing lockboxes, and having someone wait at the house to receive important packages.

The holiday shopping season seems to bring out the worst in “porch pirates,” who are looking to take unattended packages from the porches of empty homes during the day.

And when you do need to drop off a package to be shipped (or pickup a package), it can sometimes be challenging to get to the FedEx Office or UPS Store during business hours as these visits often require a special trip to a part of town that you weren’t otherwise planning to visit.Įven receiving packages at home can be tricky for working families. With the holidays quickly approaching, you may be planning to ship and receive more packages than usual in the coming weeks.
