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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.
In 2004 CVS purchased 1,268 Eckerd drug stores and Eckerd Health Services, a PBM/mail-order pharmacy business, from J. C. Penney. [25] Most of the former Eckerd stores, which were converted to CVS stores by June, are located in Florida, Texas, and other southern states. Because JCPenney credit cards were accepted at Eckerd locations, CVS ...
The company previously responsible for operating the Brooks chain, The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc., along with Eckerd Corporation, remained active in-name-only subsidiaries of Rite Aid, as shown in the latter company's October 2023 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, despite the conversion of the Brooks and Eckerd chains in 2007 and the sale of ...
In June 2007, a 109-year-old retail legacy came to an end. Rite-Aid Corporation completed its acquisition of Eckerd Pharmacy by purchasing Jean Coutu USA for $2.3 billion in cash plus $1 billion ...
Eckerd may refer to: Eckerd Corporation (Eckerd Pharmacy), former American drugstore chain; Eckerd College, private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Eckerd College Search and Rescue, a student volunteer maritime search and rescue team; Eckerd Tritons, an intercollegiate sports team representing Eckerd College
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After the war, O'Herron returned to Charlotte and worked with his father in the North Carolina Eckerd chain. [1] In 1977, the North Carolina operation merged with the Florida Eckerd chain, formerly run by Jack Eckerd. The combination was the biggest in drug store history and brought the company's store count to 766, making it the second largest ...
The Eckerd chain, oldest of the major drugstore companies in the U.S., was founded by Jack's father, J. Milton Eckerd, in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1898. After serving as a pilot in World War II , Jack Eckerd started a phenomenal expansion of the chain by buying three stores in Florida in 1952.