Walgreen Co. reported unaudited sales results for the month and year to date ended December 2012. The company had December sales of $6.71 billion, a decrease of 4.0% from $6.99 billion for the same month in fiscal 2012. Total front-end sales decreased 1.3% compared with the same month in fiscal 2012, while comparable store front-end sales decreased 2.3%. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 4.0% while basket size increased 1.7%. Sales in comparable stores decreased by 6.1% in December.

Fiscal 2013 year-to-date sales were $24.03 billion, down 4.4% from $25.15 billion in the comparable period in fiscal 2012. Calendar 2012 sales were $70.51 billion, a decrease of 3.7% from $73.19 billion in 2011.