In a news conference at a South Side Walgreens store, Mr. Emanuel and company officials announced the huge drugstore chain will add food products to roughly 40 additional stores in so-called food deserts, up from 11 currently that sell a wider range of groceries.
The deal includes no city incentives, according to Mr. Emanuel's office
The Deerfield company also is ramping up its downtown e-commerce and information technology office.
Each step will add about 300 positions when combined with at least five new stores to be opened in the next two years.
“Walgreens is proud of our historic roots in Chicago and pleased to take our place in the city to a new level,” President and CEO Greg Wasson said.
Filling food deserts in inner-city neighborhoods has been a top priority for Mr. Emanuel.
In his first weeks in office, he also has been busily announcing a variety of job expansions here, some brand-new and some that already were in the works. On Tuesday, he announced that Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. would add 300 people to its Chicago office.
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