SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs, the country’s largest and oldest family-owned pharmacy, announced two significant hires to its executive ranks last month, including Kathi Lentzsch as the company’s chief executive officer, who becomes only the fifth CEO in the company’s 128-year history. Lentzsch comes to the company with more than three decades of retail experience with
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs is highlighting locally and regionally based companies and their products during its third annual “Loving Local” week from February 4 – February 10. “With our 128-year history in the Northwest, Bartells is proud to support other home-grown businesses and products, something that makes us unique in relation to other chains. To
SEATTLE — Former Albertsons Cos. and Safeway executive Adam Wampler has joined Bartell Drugs as senior vice president of operations. The Puget Sound-area drug chain said Monday that Wampler most recently served as senior vice president of operations for Northern California at Albertsons. In the position, he oversaw profitability, store conditions, diversity, and employee development across
SEATTLE — Retail veteran Kathi Lentzsch has joined regional pharmacy chain Bartell Drugs as chief executive officer. Lentzsch, most recently interim CEO of Gump’s, a luxury specialty store and direct-to-consumer retailer based in San Francisco, marks only the fifth chief executive in Bartell Drugs’ history. She takes over from Brian Unmacht, who resigned from Bartell Drugs last
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs welcomed more than 150 guests at the company’s 28th annual Vendor Breakfast. Held earlier this month at the Seattle Aquarium, the Bartell Drugs Vendor Breakfast, which featured owners, high ranking executives, product representatives and others, was to thank the vendor and supplier community for its business and support. Bartell’s vendor partnerships
ATLANTA — Bartell Drugs has become the first user of LexisNexis VerifyRx, a real-time solution developed by LexisNexis Risk Solutions and eRx Network to perform real-time prescription compliance checks within existing pharmacy workflows. LexisNexis Risk Solutions said Tuesday that the solution — arising from its strategic alliance with eRx Network that started in August —
SEATTLE — This weekend, Bartell Drugs is slated to kick off its annual Fall Beauty Event spotlighting cosmetics, skin care and other beauty care offerings. The Puget Sound-area drug chain said Wednesday that, from Oct. 1 to 7, six Bartell Drugs stores will feature “informative and fun” cosmetics demonstrations as well as giveaways, samplings and
SEATTLE — Kaiser Permanente at Bartell Drugs has launched a new CareClinic at the drug chain’s Redmond, Wash., location. For treatment of minor illness and injury, CareClinic at the Redmond Town Center Bartell Drugs is said to feature an innovative approach to getting people the treatment they need, promptly and at an affordable price. “Patients
SEATTLE — Two new Bartell Drugs locations were set to open this summer, as the family-owned company continues to expand its retail pharmacy chain in growing neighborhoods throughout the Puget Sound region. In addition, the company last month elected three new board members: Kathy Gersch, executive vice president at management consultant Kotter International Inc.; Kristi
SEATTLE — The retail clinic rollout at Bartell Drugs continued with the opening of its 14th CareClinic by Kaiser Permanente location in Snoqualmie, Wash. The Seattle-area drug chain said the new walk-in medical clinic, opened on Monday and operated by health care and benefits provider Kaiser Permanente, provides Snoqualmie and eastside residents with access to
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs has elected three new members to its board of directors. The Puget Sound-area drug chain said Tuesday that veteran business executives Kathy Gersch, Mark Schwartz and Kristi Marchbanks have joined the Bartell Drugs board, bringing range of strategic, entrepreneurial and cross-industry experience to the company. “We are delighted to add these
SEATTLE — A trio of new Bartell Drugs stores are in the works, with two opening in the coming weeks and one early next year. The Seattle-area drug chain said Thursday that it plans to open its 68th store in Arlington, Wash., during the the first quarter of 2018. Ground is slated to be broken
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs and health care and benefits provider Kaiser Permanente have opened their 13th in-store CareClinic in Gig Harbor, Wash. The Puget Sound-area drug chain said Thursday that the walk-in clinic, located in the Bartell Drugs store at 5500 Olympic Drive, is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and provides treatment for minor
SEATTLE— To celebrate its 127th year in business, Bartell Drugs will conduct a chainwide “Grand Event” sale with its biggest bargains of the year on thousands of products. The Seattle-area drug chain said Thursday that the “Grand Event” for Bartells’ 127th anniversary runs April 30 through May 13. In addition to the sale, 10 special in-store events are
