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In the second quarter of 2005, the company recorded a $19.7 million US foreign exchange loss on items related to the Eckerd acquisition. On August 24, 2006, Rite Aid announced that it would acquire 1,858 Jean Coutu's Eckerd and Brooks U.S. operations for $1.45 billion in cash and issuing stock, giving Jean Coutu a 32% equity stake in Rite Aid. [6]
Cumberland Drugs was a pharmacy chain that operated stores in Quebec (with majority of them in the Montreal area) and Eastern Ontario.Founded in 1967, [1] Cumberland Drugs was sold in 1997 upon the retirement of Morrie Neiss (none of his heirs were interested in carrying on the family business), selling most stores to Jean Coutu, Uniprix and Essaim/Obonsoins (now Proxim).
Brooks Pharmacy was the main trade name for The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc., which was formerly the U.S. subsidiary of the Quebec-based Jean Coutu Group, and is currently an in-name-only subsidiary of Rite Aid. The chain had more than 330 pharmacies, which were located throughout New England and New York. Brooks was a well-recognized name ...
Jean Coutu founded the Marcelle and Jean Coutu Foundation which mainly supports numerous causes such as poverty, women and child abuse, education, and the fight against drug addiction in Canada. [4] It has contributed to multiple organizations, including: Autism research [5] Centraide [6] Fondation Le Pilier [7] Mira [8] Moisson Montréal [4 ...
In the early 2010s, Metro stores in Quebec launched an in-house loyalty program, metro&moi (Metro and Me), later rebranded simply Moi (or alternately Moi Rewards in English-speaking Canada) upon expansion to other Metro-owned banners such as Jean Coutu in 2023. Customers earn 1 point for every $1 spent at Metro in Quebec (1 point per $3 spent ...
Morris Goodman studied pharmacy at University of Montreal, in the same class as Jean Coutu. He completed his studies in 1953, at the age of 21. While he was still in university, he founded his first pharmaceutical distribution company with a friend: Winley-Morris. [21] After graduating, Dr. Goodman became interested in the industrial side of ...
BOSTON (Reuters) -McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm's work advising opioid manufacturer OxyContin maker ...
Canada Drugs otherwise known as CanadaDrugs.com, was an online pharmacy based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was started in 2001 by former Manitoba pharmacist Kristjan Thorkelson as an offshoot of a chain of four local pharmacies, called The Prescription Shop , in Winnipeg.