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Jean Coutu
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. is a Canadian company headquartered
in Longueuil, Quebec with its Jean Coutu Group (PJC) U.S.A. Inc.
in Warwick, Rhode Island. The company is the second largest distributor
and retailer of pharmaceuticals and related products in North America.
There are 268 franchises throughout Canada and more than 333 in
the United States. In the United States Jean Coutu operates as Brooks
Pharmacy.
The company was co-founded in 1969 by the namesake,
as a pharmacy in the East end of Montreal. In 1973 Jean Coutu bought
a warehouse and started the franchising operations which would eventually
make the company a pharmaceuticals retail conglomerate.
In April 2004 Jean Coutu announced that it would pay
$2.38 Pharmacy Health Topic billion US for 1,538 Eckerd drug stores in 13 states in the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States, as well as Eckerd's headquarters
in Florida.
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