- Brooks Eckerd
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company_name = Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy
company_
company_type =Pharmacy
foundation =2004
location =Warwick, Rhode Island
products = Pharmacy, Liquor, Cosmetics, Health and Beauty Aids, General Merchandise, Snacks, 1 Hour Photo
homepage = http://www.brookseckerd.com/Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy was a chain of approximately 2,000 pharmacies operating in 18 states on the Eastern half of the
United States in Midwest, Southeast and East Coast regions. It was the 4th largest drugstore chain in the country. In June 2007 Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy becameRite Aid .History
Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy was created when Jean Coutu purchased
Eckerd from its parentJ.C. Penney and merged it withBrooks Pharmacy , Jean Coutu's other pharmacy. Brooks Eckerd was a unit of theQuebec -basedJean Coutu Group . The corporate headquarters was located inRhode Island .On August 23, 2006, the "
Wall Street Journal " announced thatRite Aid would be buying the Eckerd Pharmacy andBrooks Pharmacy chains from the Quebec-basedJean Coutu Group for US$3.4 billion. The deal closed onJune 4 ,2007 .
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