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The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. is a Canadian drugstore chain headquartered in Varennes, Quebec. It has more than 400 franchised locations in New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique, and PJC Santé banners.
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Jean Coutu is the son of Lucien Coutu, a pediatrician and family doctor in an eastern Montreal working-class neighbourhood. Jean Coutu studied medicine before receiving a bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry and physics from the Université de Montréal in 1949. In 1953, he received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the Université de Montréal a...
Jean Coutu was still a student when he began working as a clerk for Pharmacies Leduc (see Pharmacy), at that time the largest of its kind in the Montreal area. He was named assistant manager and then manager of one of its pharmacies, which he propelled to the top of the Leduc chain. After graduation, he wanted to enter into a partnership of a Leduc...
In 1969, Jean Coutu and Louis Michaud established Pharm-Escomptes Jean Coutu, with longer business hours and a wide range of products. Jean Coutu invested his entire savings in this venture. The first pharmacy opened on the corner of Garnier and Mont-Royal in Montreal in June of that year. In 1980, Jean Coutu bought his partner out and became the s...
In 1991, Jean Coutu and his wife Marcelle established the Marcelle and Jean Coutu Foundation to support both Quebec organizations and community development projects in Mali and Haiti (see Canadian Foundations). In 2000, the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem paid tribute to the Foundation’s humanitarian efforts by honouring the ...
Jean Coutu chaired the task force on business and employment during the Summit on the Economy and Employment (Quebec, 1996) and sat on some ten boards of directors during his career. In 2005, the Université de Montréal building housing the Faculty of Pharmacy was named after him. His autobiography, entitled Sans prescription ni ordonnance, was publ...
Velan Award, Rotary Club of Montreal (1989)Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Concordia University(1991)Officer of the National Order of Quebec(1993)Honorary Doctorate, Université Laval(1994)The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc. is a pharmacy retailer, which operates a network of franchised stores located in the provinces of Qu bec, New Brunswick and...
May 11, 2018 · Montréal, May 11, 2018 — METRO INC. (“METRO”) (TSX: MRU) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (the “Jean Coutu Group”). With this acquisition, the Jean Coutu Group becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of METRO, combining all its pharmacy operations.
