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Celebrating 50 Years of Pharmacy

Oct 11, 2022 Wegmans
Celebrating 50 Years of Pharmacy
In the early 1970s, Bob Wegman was approached by pharmacist George Drechsler about adding pharmacy departments to Wegmans stores. After several conversations and consideration, George was hired to open the first Wegmans pharmacy counter at our Lyell Avenue store in Rochester, New York in 1972. “We wanted to provide convenient, one-stop-shopping for customers, so adding a pharmacy to our stores just made sense,” said John Carlo, Wegmans senior vice president of pharmacy.

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