Shoppers Drug Mart

"Shoppers" redirects here. For the Washington, DC area grocery chain, see Shoppers Food & Pharmacy.
Shoppers Drug Mart Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail and pharmacy
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
FounderMurray Koffler
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Number of locations
1,307 (Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix)
56 (Shoppers Home Health Care)[2]
Key people
Jeff Leger (President)
ProductsHealth and personal care products
ParentLoblaw Companies[2]
SubsidiariesMurale[3]
Websitewww.shoppersdrugmart.ca

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. (colloquially 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]

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]

  1. ^ "Shoppers Drug Mart Inc". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  2. ^ a b c d "Our Company". corporate.shoppersdrugmart.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. ^ "Murale by Shoppers Drug Mart - Canada's Beauty & Cosmetic Destination". murale.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Contact Us." Shoppers Drug Mart. Retrieved on December 7, 2012. "Head Office Location: 243 Consumers Rd Toronto, ON M2J 4W8"
  5. ^ Zommer, Navit (9 July 2011). "Super-Pharm selling China business". Ynetnews. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Loblaw Companies Limited Completes Acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation". Loblaw Corporate Site. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "Shoppers Drug Mart eyes sales of medical marijuana". Corporate.shoppersdrugmart.ca. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2018-09-27.