11 Facts About Brooks Pharmacy

Brooks Pharmacy was a chain of more than 330 pharmacies located throughout New England and New York and was a well-recognized name in the New England pharmacy industry for several decades.

In 2002, Brooks Pharmacy was recipient of the 2002 Rex Awards Regional Chain of the Year.

On June 4,2007, Brooks Pharmacy officially announced the sale of the pharmacy to Rite-Aid Pharmacy.

Under the reign of Hook-SupeRx, Brooks assumed a new management team with Gayl W Doster as COO, William Welsh in charge of operations, and David Morocco in charge of purchasing.

In 1991, Brooks Pharmacy developed the innovative RxWatch computerized prescription service, and in 1993, Brooks Pharmacy began an aggressive attempt to expand into the New York City suburbs in the lower Hudson Valley and southwestern Connecticut.

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Brooks Pharmacy stores retained by Revco outside of New England later assumed the Revco banner, while subsequently, Jean Coutu rebranded its Maxi and Douglas stores as Brooks Pharmacy.

Under the management of Jean Coutu, Brooks Pharmacy was successful for several years, growing and acquiring smaller chains and pieces of larger chains throughout the New England region.

In 1995, Brooks Pharmacy acquired Rite Aid's entire Massachusetts and Rhode Island store network.

In exchange Brooks Pharmacy sold its entire store base in Maine to Rite Aid and exited the state.

In 1999, Brooks Pharmacy acquired the Burlington, Vermont-based City Drug chain, greatly increasing its market share in the state of Vermont and re-entering the state of New York for the first time since the 1994 Revco acquisition.

Later, in 2001, Brooks Pharmacy purchased all of the New England Osco Drug stores from Albertson's.