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Dart Drug was a chain of discount drug stores in the metropolitan Washington, DC region. It was founded in 1955, by Herbert Haft and his wife Gloria in Adams Morgan . The chain expanded to over 100 stores, and became a vehicle (as Dart Group ) by which Herbert Haft engaged in greenmail activities against other public companies.
Peoples Drug was a chain of drugstores based in Alexandria, Virginia. [1] Founded in 1905, Peoples was subsequently purchased by Lane Drug in 1975, Imasco in 1984, and finally by CVS in 1990, which continued to run the stores under the Peoples banner until 1994, at which time the stores were converted to CVS, marking the end of the use of the Peoples Drug name.
In October 1993, the 60-store Standard Drug chain was bought by CVS Corp., which closed several locations and renamed the others as Peoples Drug stores. [1] CVS had purchased the Washington, D.C.–based Peoples in 1990, renovating and expanding most of the stores, but had retained the Peoples name.
What is going on with America’s drug stores? Walgreens is closing 1,200 stores. CVS is closing 900. Rite-Aid is closing 500. ... DC, on November 2, 2022. - Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.
After school, Haft worked as a pharmacist at a local drug store. [1] In 1955, he and his wife, cosmetician Gloria Haft, opened the first drug discount store, Dart Drug in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. [1] He quickly ran into problems as consumer goods wholesalers and pharmaceutical distributors refused to sell to him because his prices were lower than their other customers. [1]
Barthwell Drugs, Detroit. Sidney Barthwell founded the company in 1933. "Barthwell Drugs grew to become the largest chain of black-owned drugstores in the United States, with nine stores and three ice-cream parlors. The Sidney Barthwell Endowed Scholarship at Wayne State University College of Pharmacy. [202] Beauregard's Department Store, Milan ...
Finally I came to the darkened entrance of what was, until December, store No. 1 of Bartell Drugs, a beloved local chain now owned by Rite Aid. One of the windows still had the Bartell’s logo ...
The history of this grocery store company is something of an example of the changes that took place in food retailing during the 20th century beginning with self-service store design in the 1920s ...