Defunct Department Stores of The United States - Drug Stores

Drug Stores

  • A. L. Price — Metro Detroit; part of Perry Drug Stores
  • Adams Drug — acquired by CVS Pharmacy
  • Arbor Drugs — Michigan-based chain; acquired by CVS Pharmacy
  • Austin Drug — part of Melville Corporation
  • Big "B" Drugs — bought by Revco, then acquired by CVS Pharmacy
  • Bill's Drugs — purchased by Longs Drugs
  • Brooks Pharmacy — purchased by Rite Aid
  • Brooks-Maxi — part of Brooks Pharmacy
  • Carls Drug — acquired by Revco
  • City Drug — acquired by Brooks Pharmacy
  • Cole Drug — acquired by Revco
  • Cranks Pharmacy & Drugstore — changed name to Katz's Drugs & Pharmacy around 1978; acquired by Skaggs Drug Centers during the early 1980s
  • Crown Drug Stores — operated in North Carolina, bought by Eckerd
  • Cunningham Drug — Metro Detroit, Michigan area, dissolved in 1982
  • Dart Drug — converted to Fantle's
  • Daw's Drugs — Rochester, New York chain Acquired by Rite Aid
  • Days Drug — part of Peoples Drug
  • Dorb the Chemist, Inc. — filed for bankruptcy in 1932
  • Douglas Drug — part of Brooks Pharmacy
  • Drug Emporium
  • Drug Fair
  • Drug Mart — part of Med-X acquired by USA Drug and combined into Drug Warehouse locations
  • Dynamic Drug — part of Lane Drug
  • Eckerd Corporation — acquired by Rite Aid in the northern region and CVS Pharmacy in the southeast.
  • Fantle's
  • Farmacias El Amal — San Juan, Puerto Rico firm, 20 locations bought by Walgreens in 2008, remaining closed in 2011
  • Fay's Drug — acquired by Eckerd, now Rite Aid
  • Freddy's Drug — part of Melville Corporation
  • G. O. Guy — acquired by Thrifty PayLess
  • Genovese — merged with Eckerd/JCPenney
  • Giant T — owned by Thrifty PayLess
  • Gray Drug — purchased by Rite Aid
  • Haag Drugs — acquired by Peoples Drug
  • Happy Harry's — acquired by Walgreens
  • Health Mart (PA) — acquired by Peoples Drug, subsequently acquired by Thrift Drug
  • Hook's Drug Stores — acquired by Revco
  • House Of Values — part of Thrifty PayLess
  • Jacobs Drug — acquired by Revco
  • K&B also known as Katz & Bestoff — a New Orleans, Louisiana-based pharmacy and general merchandise store chain
  • Katz's Drugstore & Pharmacy — acquired by Skaggs Drug Centers in the early 1980s
  • Keltsch Pharmacy — acquired by Rite Aid
  • Kerr Drugs — part of Thrift Drug — Kerr Drugs in North Carolina still exists
  • Lane Drug — acquired by Rite Aid
  • Lee Drug — was part of Peoples Drug; sold to Big B, then Revco, now CVS Pharmacy
  • Longs Drugs — acquired by CVS Caremark
  • M&R — acquired by Arbor Drugs
  • Maxi Drugs — part of Brooks Pharmacy
  • Medi Mart — acquired by Walgreens
  • Medic Drug — Ohio drug store chain acquired by Walgreens
  • Med-X — acquired by USA Drug and still operated as Med-X
  • Osco Drug & Sav-on Drugs — freestanding locations acquired by CVS Pharmacy
  • Pay 'n Save
  • Payless Drugs (Arizona); sold to the Skaggs Companies
  • Peoples Drug — acquired by CVS Pharmacy
  • Perry Drug Stores — acquired by Rite Aid in 1995
  • Phar-Mor — bankrupt due to $500 million embezzlement; some assets acquired by Giant Eagle
  • Rea & Derick Drug — acquired by Peoples Drug, now CVS Pharmacy
  • Read's Drug Store
  • Reed Drug — was part of Peoples Drug sold to Big B, then Revco, now CVS Pharmacy
  • Reliable Drugs — formerly Peoples Drug, later sold to Rite Aid
  • Revco — acquired by CVS Pharmacy
  • Rexall
  • Ribordy Drug — acquired by Walgreens in 1985
  • Rx Place — Woolworth
  • Sav-Rite Drug — acquired by Revco
  • Schwab's Pharmacy — popular Hollywood, California hangout for movie actors, closed in 1983
  • Sentry Drugs — acquired by Arbor Drugs
  • Shapero's — part of Cunningham Drug in Metro Detroit
  • Shearer Drug — part of Peoples Drug
  • Shettler's — division of Cunningham Drug Stores in Metro Detroit
  • Schuman Drug — part of Lane Drug
  • Skaggs Drug Centers — became part of Albertsons, Inc.
  • Skillern Drug — part of Revco
  • Snyder Drug Stores — acquired by Walgreens in 2010
  • Standard Drug Company (Richmond, Virginia) — was part of Melville Corporation
  • SupeRx
  • Tam's Gold Seal Drugs — Central Indiana-based chain
  • Thrift Drug — merged into Eckerd after JCPenney bought Eckerd
  • Thrifty PayLess — acquired by Rite Aid in 1998
  • Treasury Drug — division of JCPenney, along with The Treasury
  • Value Giant
  • Wellby Super Drug — sold to Rite-Aid in 1992
  • White Cross Drug Stores — acquired by Revco

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