{"id":3086,"date":"2013-07-26T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T09:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2013-07-26T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T09:12:09","slug":"company-snapshot-fruth-pharmacy-inc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/07\/company-snapshot-fruth-pharmacy-inc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Fruth Pharmacy Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chain<\/a>Address: <\/strong>
\n4016 Ohio River Rd
\nPoint Pleasant, WV 25550
\n
\nTelephone:<\/strong><\/strong>
\n304-675-1612
\n
\nInternet Homepage:<\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/a>www.fruthpharmacy.com<\/a>
\n
\nTotal Current Stores:<\/strong><\/strong>
\n27
\n
\nTrading Areas:<\/strong><\/strong>
\nOH, WV
\n
\nTotal Revenue:<\/strong><\/strong>
\n$150,000,000 (e)
\n
\nSenior Executives:<\/strong><\/strong>
\nLynne Fruth \u2013 Chairman, President
\nTom Willoughby \u2013 CFO<\/p>\n

\"1950s<\/a>Fruth Pharmacy first opened in 1952. Founded behind the principles of Jack Fruth\u2019s \u2018hometown family pharmacy\u2019 concept, its stores are full-service pharmacies with a \u2018down-home\u2019 touch. The company recently opened two new stores and now operates 27 full service locations. In addition, stores offer over the counter medications, health and beauty products, groceries, household items, and a wide selection of gifts, including balloons and flowers.<\/p>\n

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\"CSG<\/a>This year, Chain Store Guide celebrates its 80th anniversary. In honor of this occasion, we are hosting a monthly series of editorials called \u201cChain Store Guide Through The Ages<\/a>\u201d, starting with the 1930s. We will take a look at what was happening in that time and how it affected the industries we now serve. Our Company Snapshots<\/a> will examine companies from that period and see where they are today.
\n<\/em>
\n*Image courtesy of: Beaverton Historical Society<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Founded in 1952 by Jack Fruth, Fruth Pharmacy has been a customer-focused retailer from the beginning. According to its first customers and company officials, Mr. Fruth had a sign on the storefront stating \u2018In case of emergency, call Jack Fruth at home.\u2019<\/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-3086","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\/3086","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=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}