Shoppers Drug Mart
Canadian pharmacy chain; a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., commonly known as Shoppers (named Pharmaprix in Quebec) is a Canadian retail pharmacy chain based in Toronto, Ontario.[4] It has more than 1,300 stores in ten provinces and two territories.[2]
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Retail and pharmacy |
Founded | 1962; 62 years ago (1962) |
Founder | Murray Koffler |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] |
Number of locations | 1,307 (Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix) 56 (Shoppers Home Health Care)[2] |
Key people | Jeff Leger (President) |
Products | Health and personal care products |
Parent | Loblaw Companies[2] |
Subsidiaries | Murale[3] |
Website | www.shoppersdrugmart.ca |
The company was founded by pharmacist Murray Koffler in 1962;[2] the Koffler family still retains ownership of the Super-Pharm pharmacy, which has locations in Israel, Poland, and formerly in China (as Ensure from 2005 to 2011).[5] Super-Pharm's logo is similar to that of Shoppers Drug Mart, which was created by the artist Sylvain Liu. It also uses some of the same private-label brands, such as Life Brand and Quo.
In 2014, Brampton-based Loblaw Companies acquired Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion in cash and stock.[6] By early 2016, Shoppers had over 1,300 locations in Canada.[7]