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Eckerd was founded in September 1898 (making it the oldest of the "big four" drugstore chains), by 27-year-old Joseph Milton Eckerd and Z. Tatom in Erie, Pennsylvania. In the company's early years, it operated at 1105 State Street in downtown Erie as the Erie Cut-Rate Medicine Store.
Eckerd Corporation traces its history to the days when J. Milton Eckerd launched one of the country's first drugstore chains in Erie, Pennsylvania. Eckerd was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1871 and began working as an assistant to a drug wholesaler as a young man.
Sep 3, 2024 · Eckerd was founded in September 1898 (making it the oldest of the "big four" drugstore chains), by 27-year-old Joseph Milton Eckerd and Z. Tatom in Erie, Pennsylvania. In the company's early years, it operated at 1105 State Street in downtown Erie as the Erie Cut-Rate Medicine Store.
Aug 27, 2005 · Charismatic Jack Eckerd's creation was a model for the modern American drugstore. The chain became the go-to druggist in retiree-rich Florida in the 1960s after it pioneered senior citizen...
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Eckerd was an American pharmacy chain in the United States. It was founded in 1898 in Erie. Its headquarters were in Florida. On September 22, 2006, Rite Aid announced that it would acquire, Brooks and Eckerd.
The Eckerd chain, oldest of the major drugstore companies in the U.S., was founded by Jack's father, J. Milton Eckerd, in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1898. After serving as a pilot in World War II, Jack Eckerd started a phenomenal expansion of the chain by buying three stores in Florida in 1952.
Aug 28, 2005 · Founded with three stores in Tampa and Clearwater in 1952, Eckerd grew into the biggest drugstore chain in the Southeast. Its charismatic founder Jack Eckerd, who died at 91 in May, sold his...
