Walgreens to Cut 10% of Corporate Staff in Patient-Care Move (1)

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. said it will cut 504 employees from its corporate workforce as the drugstore chain moves more deeply into patient care.

The cuts account for 10% of the corporate workforce, and none of the them will be based at stores, microfulfillment centers or call centers, according to Fraser Engerman, a spokesman for the Deerfield, Illinois-based company.

“As we continue to transform our business into a consumer-centric healthcare company, we are focused on aligning our structure and streamlining our operations to best serve our patients and customers,” Engerman said Friday in an email.

As traditional retail pharmacy has ...