{"id":183,"date":"2012-04-17T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2012\/04\/company-snapshot-lewis-drug-inc-2\/"},"modified":"2012-04-17T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T16:20:00","slug":"company-snapshot-lewis-drug-inc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/04\/company-snapshot-lewis-drug-inc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: LEWIS DRUG INC."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n2701 S Minnesota Ave, Suite 1<br \/>\nSioux Falls, SD 57105<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:<\/strong><br \/>\n605-367-2000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet Homepage:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewisdrug.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lewisdrug.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Current Stores:<\/strong><br \/>\n32<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trading Areas:<\/strong><br \/>\nIA, MN, SD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Revenue:<\/strong><br \/>\n$149,000,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Executives:<\/strong><br \/>\nMark E. Griffin &#8211; CEO, President<br \/>\nScott Cross \u2013 CFO, Exec VP<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Drug has been in the pharmacy business for 70 years, and has positioned itself with the \u2018corner store\u2019 image.\u00a0 In addition to pharmacy counters, most stores feature photo processing, grocery, large OTC sections, lawn and garden products, and other household items.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the company debuted a new prototype store in Sioux Falls, SDthat CEO Mark Griffin called \u201cthe new face of Lewis Drug. It incorporates an upscale environment, the beauty boutique, plank flooring in the pharmacy and an entertainment area in the pharmacy for waiting with flat-screen TVs and refreshments.\u201d The store, which has a pharmacy area about one-third larger than a traditional Lewis Drug, also includes a \u201cfour seasons department,\u201d which is a 4,000-sq.-ft. environmentally controlled room that can be used for various purposes throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Lewis Drug has expanded its grocery departments in roughly twelve of its larger stores. The enhancement features about 2,000 sq. ft. to 3,000 sq. ft. of dedicated shelf space to grocery items, with a distinct concentration on snack foods, grab-and-go items and frozen foods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: 2701 S Minnesota Ave, Suite 1 Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Telephone: 605-367-2000 Internet Homepage: http:\/\/www.lewisdrug.com Total Current Stores: 32 Trading Areas: IA, MN, SD Total Revenue: $149,000,000 Senior Executives: Mark E. Griffin &#8211; CEO, President Scott Cross \u2013 CFO, Exec VP &nbsp; Lewis Drug has been in the pharmacy business for 70 years, and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/04\/company-snapshot-lewis-drug-inc-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Company Snapshot: LEWIS DRUG INC.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-hbc","tag-snapshot","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}