Longs sales from cont ops up 2.2%

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Longs Drug Stores Thursday reported preliminary total retail drug store sales from continuing operations of $372.9 million for the four-week period ended May 24, an increase of 2.2% from $364.9 million in the comparable period a year ago. Pharmacy sales were 51.5% of sales compared with 50.1% last year.

Preliminary total retail drug store sales from continuing operations were $1.67 billion for the seventeen weeks ended May 24, a 4.8% increase from $1.59 billion in the comparable period a year ago. Pharmacy sales were 52.2% of sales compared with 51.15 a year ago.