{"id":2637,"date":"2013-02-15T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2013-02-15T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:06:06","slug":"suttons-drug-store-celebrates-90th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/02\/suttons-drug-store-celebrates-90th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutton\u2019s Drug Store Celebrates 90th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not often in today\u2019s retail pharmacy environment that a high-volume independent drug retailer survives for decades, let alone thrives in a large market with major competitors. Such is the case, however for Sutton\u2019s Drug Store, which celebrates its 90th<\/sup> anniversary this year in the college town of Chapel Hill, NC. \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve been around so long because we have a good product and we\u2019re good at waiting on people and making them feel comfortable,\u201d John Woodard, pharmacist and owner of Sutton\u2019s was quoted as telling the Daily Tar Heel<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Originally, Sutton\u2019s was opened in 1923 by Lynwood and Lucy Sutton. In 1965, the store was sold to Elliott Brummitt under the premise that he would stick to the company\u2019s original roots, and that principle was also extended to Woodard when he bought the store in 1977. According to the Daily Tar Heel<\/em><\/a>, Woodard has also earned the business of many famous customers, including actors Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, members of Bill Clinton\u2019s presidential staff and Michael Jordan. The proof is on his walls, which are lined with pictures of customers \u2014 famous and not. The tradition started in 1981 when Woodard posted a picture of a group of morning regulars. \u201cIt\u2019s sort of a nostalgic thing to do,\u201d Woodard said. The store also features an open kitchen serving food that\u2019s grown popular with its local Chapel Hill customers.<\/p>\n

Sutton\u2019s faces major competition in its hometown zip code in Chapel Hill, but holds its own and performs quite well for an independent pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Chapel Hill Market*
\n<\/span><\/strong>Zip Code: 27514<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company Name<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Area Stores<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Area Pharmacy Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Area Front-End Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Current Area RX Market Share<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Walgreen Company: DEERFIELD, IL<\/td>\n\n

2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

11,912,523<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

6,499,414<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

37.4%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Rite Aid Corporation: CAMP HILL, PA<\/td>\n\n

2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

7,623,121<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

3,570,889<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

23.9%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CVS Caremark Corp.: WOONSOCKET, RI<\/td>\n\n

1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5,555,633<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

9,061,537<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

17.4%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kerr Drug Inc.: RALEIGH, NC<\/td>\n\n

1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5,095,526<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

2,509,737<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

16.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Harris Teeter Inc.: MATTHEWS, NC<\/td>\n\n

1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

938,445<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

N\/A<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

2.9%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sutton’s Drug Store<\/td>\n\n

1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

743,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

495,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

2.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Source: Chain Store Guide Drug Industry Market Share Report<\/a> \u2013 Zip Code Edition<\/p>\n

Chain Store Guide<\/strong> also profiles thousands of other successful pharmacies in its Database of Drug Store and HBC Chains<\/a>, available in a searchable online format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not often in today\u2019s retail pharmacy environment that a high-volume independent drug retailer survives for decades, let alone thrives in a large market with major competitors. Such is the case, however for Sutton\u2019s Drug Store, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year in the college town of Chapel Hill, NC. \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve been around so… Continue reading Sutton\u2019s Drug Store Celebrates 90th Anniversary<\/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":[5],"class_list":["post-2637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-hbc","tag-insight","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637","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=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}