Talk:Eckerd Corporation

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I am not from the region where Eckerd operated so I am not familiar with the history of the company. But through some research on the Internet, I thought that Jack Eckerd was more important in the expansion of the company than the article made it seem. When I read the Jack Eckerd page that article seemed to confirm my understanding. I added the link to the Jack Eckerd page and a description of the expansion that I found there. JeremiahJohnson (talk) 08:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Note that although no longer based in the state, Eckerd was headquartered in Florida for many years, and that's my justification for including it in WP:FLA.

I could do a major rant on the evils of consolidation, mergers and other practices of big business...but I'll just say that with there being no more Eckerds, to me Florida has lost (another) piece of its soul...

- Aerobird 16:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

There appear to be some discrepancies between news reports and analyst’s reports about the Penney's / Eckerd acquisition. Some reports suggest Eckerd was acquired for 4.4 billion, others 3.3, and others 2.3. I cannot find a verifiable FTC document showing a verifiable number. Also, Fay's Drugs did not change its name until the final deal with Eckerd, therefore I added it to the list of Thrift Drug stores in the unit.

- thominendicott 5:11PM, 28 June 2006 (EST)

I've removed New Mexico from the list of places where Eckerd does business because none of the stores opened after JC Penney sold them. http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2006/09/04/story7.html?jst=s_cn_hl

- Mattgrommes 19:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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Rite Aids near Eckerds
Does anyone know of any places where an eckerd and a rite aid were extremely close to each other but it will now be come two rite aids? I know of one (Oakland in Pittsburgh, PA) where they are only one building apart. Is it worth mentioning this awkward situation in the article? Mwv2 14:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it is, and I did like two weeks ago in the Rite Aid article. The CVS article mentions how it has many redundant stores as a result of acquiring Sav-On and Osco from Albertson's. I guess they'll be allowed to be having such stores. They sold one Rite Aid know of (in Zelienople, Pennsylvania) to Walgreens even though the Eckerd just up the road in Harmony, Pennsylvania is farther than the three instances mentioned on here and in the Rite Aid page. I think some other Rite Aids elsewhere got sold off to various other companies such as the Medicine Shoppe, or even independent owners. In all, I think only like 20-some stores had to be closed or sold off in order to meet federal regulations. It'll cost them in the long run to keep such stores open. No wonder 95% of Walgreen's expansion has been through just opening new stores as opposed to buying them out.Jgera5 04:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * In Middletown, NY, there were at first two pairs. An Eckerds along NY 211 north of the city that was within a half-mile of a newer Rite Aid has been closed. But within the city, a former Eckerds remains in business within three-quarters of a mile of an always-Rite Aid, both along NY 17M. It seems like they're trying to keep both locations. Would it matter? We now have no other chain drugstores in the Hudson Valley, until and unless Walgreen's decides to come up here. Daniel Case (talk) 03:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Fate of Eckerd Corporation
In the infobox, shouldn't the fate be "Acquired by JC Penny"? They were acquired by JC Penny, then sold to CVS & Jean Coutu, then the Jean Coutu portion was sold to Rite Aid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeebas62 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Sentence structure, word order
This has to be one of the most poorly written articles I've come across recently. I was going to clean-up some of the poor wording but reading the article has given me such a headache! I'll try to get some of it. BellyOption (talk) 10:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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