Shoppers Drug Mart
 
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| Industry | Drugstore, Retail |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder | Murray Koffler |
| Headquarters | North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Key people
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Mike Motz (President) |
| Products | Drugs, Health |
| Parent |
Loblaw Companies (2014–present) |
| Subsidiaries | Murale |
| Website | www.shoppersdrugmart.ca |
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Footnotes / references
Number of Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores: 1,307
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is a Canadian retail pharmacy chain based in North York, Toronto, Ontario. It has more than 1,253 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec.
Founded by Murray Koffler, the Koffler family still retains ownership of the Super-Pharm pharmacy which is in Israel, Poland, and China. Super-Pharm uses the same logo as Shoppers Drug Mart, created by the artist Sylvain Liu. It also uses some of the same private-label brands, such as Life Brand and Quo. In 2013, Brampton-based Loblaw Companies acquired Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation for $12.4 billion in cash and stock.
In addition to its retail formats, the company owns and operates several specialty services. This includes 56 Shoppers Home Health Care stores, which sell and service assisted-living devices, home-care products, and mobility and medical equipment; Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network, a provider of specialty drug distribution, pharmacy and comprehensive patient support services, and; MediSystem Technologies Inc., a provider of pharmaceutical products and clinical services to long-term care facilities and retirement communities. Many locations offer prescription delivery free of charge, utilizing a fleet of corporate owned vehicles. Shoppers Drug Mart is a unique and independent operating division of Loblaw Companies Limited.
At the age of twenty, Murray Koffler inherited two Koffler's Drugs pharmacies in suburban Toronto (one in the Don Mills Centre shopping mall). By 1962, Koffler's had grown to a chain of 17 pharmacies, which he renamed "Shoppers Drug Mart" in the 1970s. The first store named "Shoppers Drug Mart" was at Shoppers World Danforth from which it derived the name.
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