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Many pharmacy chains in the United States are owned and operated by regional supermarket brands, or national big-box store brands such as Walmart. These pharmacies are located within their larger chain stores. The three largest free-standing pharmacy chains in the United States are Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid.
There are approximately 88,000 pharmacies in the United States. Over half (about 48,000) are located within drug stores, grocery stores, hospitals, department stores, medical clinics, surgery clinics, universities, nursing homes, prisons, and other facilities. The remaining pharmacies are considered to be independent or privately owned.
In 1965, upon opening his third store, the name of the chain was changed to "Happy Harry's Discount Drugs". Just before the company's 25th anniversary in 1987, "Happy Harry" died, and his son, Alan Levin, took over the growing company. At the time, Happy Harry's was the largest drugstore chain in Delaware and soon grew to 76 stores. [1]
CVS, the largest US chain, closed 244 stores between 2018 and 2020. In 2021, it announced plans to close 900 stores by 2024. Walgreens said in 2019 it would close 200 stores and in June announced ...
Indeed, the big drugstore chains are suffering—at least when it comes to the pharmacy services at the core of their companies. CVS and Walgreens are making less money on an annual basis from ...
CVS, the largest US chain, closed 244 stores between 2018 and 2020. In 2021, it announced plans to close 900 stores. And Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy last year and will close up to 500 stores.
Walgreens is an American pharmacy store chain and the second largest in the United States, behind CVS Health's CVS Pharmacy. [3] It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services. [4] It was founded in Chicago in 1901, and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois.
Longs Drugs is a retail pharmacy chain with approximately 40 drug stores throughout the state of Hawaii. Prior to its acquisition by CVS in 2008, it was a chain of over 500 stores located primarily on the west coast of the United States. The stores in states other than Hawaii were rebranded to CVS. [46]