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Eckerd Corporation was an American pharmacy retail chain that was headquartered in Largo, Florida, [1] and toward the end of its life, in Warwick, Rhode Island. [2] At its peak, Eckerd was the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States, with approximately 2,802 stores in 23 states as far west as Arizona .
Eckerd Corporation traces its history to the days when J. Milton Eckerd launched one of the country's first drugstore chains in Erie, Pennsylvania. Eckerd was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1871 and began working as an assistant to a drug wholesaler as a young man. This wholesaler was on the cutting edge of drugstore retailing, in that ...
Aug 28, 2005 · The deal quietly slipped Eckerd Corp. into local history after 52 years as a force in the economic, health care and charitable communities of Florida. J.C. Penney ended its ill-fated odyssey in ...
Aug 27, 2005 · Indeed, last week's $4.523-billion breakup and sale of more than 1,200 Eckerd stores to CVS Corp. and 1,500 others to Canadian Jean Coutu Group signaled the end of Eckerd in Florida and other ...
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Eckerd Corporation distributes pharmaceutical products. The Company offers prescription refills, vaccines, drugs, vitamins, and supplements, as well as prescription advisory, health information ...
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May 20, 2004 · By 1975, his company, the Jack Eckerd Corporation, had 465 drugstores in 10 states, a food service equipment and supply company, and a security services company. J. C. Penney bought the drugstore ...
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