By Entrepreneur Staff Walgreens will raise the wages of hourly employees to $15 an hour starting in October. The drug store chain expects the change will be fully implemented by Nov. 1, 2022. The total investment is expected to be around $450 million over the next three years. One third of the amount will be invested in Fiscal Year 2022. Walgreens will partially absorb the investment “through the normal course of business,” said a press release. “I am extremely proud and grateful of the work our team members are doing across our 9,000 Walgreens locations serving our customers, patients and communities each and every day,” said Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Roz Brewer in a Tuesday statement. “Investing in and rewarding our team members is not only the right thing to do, it’s highly important to retaining and attracting a talented workforce, and to continuing to serve our critical role in …