{{Short description|American pharmacy chain}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2017}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = Health Mart | logo = Health Mart logo.png | type = Subsidiary | industry = Retail pharmacy | founded = {{Start date and age|1997}} | parent = McKesson Corporation }}
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'''Health Mart''' is an independent pharmacy franchise with more than 5,000 member pharmacies across all 50 states. Each pharmacy is locally owned and operated, allowing Health Mart pharmacy owners to tailor their offerings to the specific communities they serve.
The Health Mart franchise is owned by Health Mart Systems, Inc., which is part of McKesson Corporation.
== History == The Health Mart franchise was formed under FoxMeyer in 1982. A private label line was introduced the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheet |first=The Pink |date=1984-03-12 |title=FOXMEYER PLANS TO BE $700 MIL. WHSLR. BY END OF MARCH 1985, MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS SIZE A YEAR AGO: AFTER THREE PURCHASES, FIRM IS STILL LOOKING FOR MORE |url=https://insights.citeline.com//PS006257/FOXMEYER-PLANS-TO-BE-700-MIL-WHSLR-BY-END-OF-MARCH-1985-MORE-THAN-DOUBLE-ITS-SIZE-A-YEAR-AGO-AFTER-THREE-PURCHASES-FIRM-IS-STILL-LOOKING-FOR-MORE/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Insights |language=en}}</ref> By 1985, there were 257 independent drug stores using the name. The franchise accounted for 10.7% of the wholesaler's total drug distribution revenues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheet |first=The Pink |date=1985-11-04 |title=FOXMEYER GETTING INTO GENERAL MERCHANDISE FRANCHISE BUSINESS WITH ACQUISITION OF BEN FRANKLIN AND COAST-TO-COAST OPERATIONS FROM HOUSEHOLD |url=https://insights.citeline.com//PS009179/FOXMEYER-GETTING-INTO-GENERAL-MERCHANDISE-FRANCHISE-BUSINESS-WITH-ACQUISITION-OF-BEN-FRANKLIN-AND-COAST-TO-COAST-OPERATIONS-FROM-HOUSEHOLD/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Insights |language=en}}</ref> There were 400 stores when National Intergroup, a holding company for the National Steel Corporation, acquired FoxMeyer in 1986.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/internationaldir0016unse |title=International Directory of Company Histories Vol.16 |date=1997 |publisher=St. James Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-55862-219-7 |location=Detroit; London |pages=213}}</ref> That number had increased to 800 when FoxMeyer rolled out FoxCare Network, its managed care pharmacy network, in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muirhead |first=Greg |date=May 23, 1994 |title=FoxMeyer rolls out FoxCare pharmacy network |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA15433428&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=HRCA&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&aty=ip |access-date=August 11, 2025 |website=Drug Topics |via=Go.Gale.com}}</ref> Health Mart's parent company, the FoxMeyer Drug Company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1996-10-05 |title=MCKESSON PLANS TO ADD FOXMEYER HEALTH UNIT |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/05/business/mckesson-plans-to-add-foxmeyer-health-unit.html |access-date=2025-08-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> By October, McKesson Corporation acquired FoxMeyer Drug, along with the Health Mart franchise, for $400 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-08-07 |title=McKesson Corporation Review |url=https://phaniinvestors.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/mckesson-corporation-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603031736/https://phaniinvestors.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/mckesson-corporation-review/ |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=2020-06-02 |website=Phani Investors}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1996-10-05 |title=McKeeson to Purchase FoxMeyer Health |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-05-fi-50745-story.html |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomsho |first=Robert |date=October 7, 1996 |title=McKesson Agrees to Buy Assets Of FoxMeyer's Drug Distributor |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB8444415415538000 |access-date=2025-08-11 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheet |first=The Tan |date=1996-11-18 |title=McKesson adding $3 bil. in annual wholesale revenues via completed FoxMeyer buy. |url=https://insights.citeline.com//PS086357/McKesson-adding-3-bil-in-annual-wholesale-revenues-via-completed-FoxMeyer-buy/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Insights |language=en}}</ref>
McKesson cut the franchise to 262 stores by 2004.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our Mission - Discover the Health Mart Difference {{!}} Health Mart |url=https://www.healthmart.com/about-us/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=www.healthmart.com |language=en}}</ref> The company then relaunched the brand in July 2006, with a new franchising model, logo, and store design, as well as a focus on managed care and expansion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2006 |title=McKesson rolls out new franchise model |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA149071919&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=HRCA&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&aty=ip |access-date=August 11, 2025 |website=Chain Drug Review |via=Go.gale.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-07-24 |title=Health Mart: Not your father's franchise |url=https://www.drugtopics.com/view/health-mart-not-your-fathers-franchise |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Topics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frederick |first=Jim |date=January 27, 2010 |title=Health Mart reaches 2,500 stores as it readies national ad campaign |url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/health-mart-reaches-2500-stores-it-readies-national-ad-campaign |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref> By April 2007, the franchise had 1,280 stores.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-04-16 |title=Health Mart: Drug Topics' 2007 Chain of the Year |url=https://www.drugtopics.com/view/health-mart-drug-topics-2007-chain-year |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Topics |language=en}}</ref> That year, Health Mart was named "Chain of the Year" by Drug Topics.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-04-16 |title=Health Mart: "Drug Topics'" 2007 Chain of the Year |url=https://www.drugtopics.com/article/health-mart-drug-topics-2007-chain-year?qt-resource_topics_rightrail=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603031853/https://www.drugtopics.com/article/health-mart-drug-topics-2007-chain-year |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=2020-06-02 |website=Drug Topics}}</ref>
By 2010, the company had grown to 2,500 stores across all 50 US states. That year, it also launched a national ad campaign during the Grammy Awards, Super Bowl, and Winter Olympics that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frederick |first=Jim |date=January 27, 2010 |title=Health Mart reaches 2,500 stores as it readies national ad campaign |url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/health-mart-reaches-2500-stores-it-readies-national-ad-campaign |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref> In 2011, Health Mart topped traditional chain drug stores in terms of pharmacy customer satisfaction in a JD Power study.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-09-20|title=Good Neighbor, Health Mart lead in Rx satisfaction|url=https://www.chaindrugreview.com/good-neighbor-health-mart-lead-in-rx-satisfaction/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Chain Drug Review}}</ref> The company debuted its own private label in November 2011, adding an assortment of products in the following months.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eder |first=Rob |date=June 14, 2012 |title=Health Mart puts finishing touches on OTC private brand lineup; new categories to bow at ideaShare 2012 |url=https://drugstorenews.com/news/health-mart-puts-finishing-touches-otc-private-brand-lineup-new-categories-bow-ideashare-201 |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref>
In 2013, Health Mart was recognized by Drug Store News as the nation's largest independent pharmacy franchise and one of the fastest growing drug store networks of any kind with more than 3,100 member stores.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frederick|first=Jim|date=2013-10-10|title=Tracing the growth of a pharmacy juggernaut|url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/tracing-growth-pharmacy-juggernaut|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Drug Store News}}</ref> By 2015, Health Mart launched its 4,000th store.<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, it entered into a generics sourcing partnership with Walmart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnsen |first=Michael |date=May 19, 2017 |title=McKesson IDs Health Mart expansion, Walmart partnership as fiscal 2018 growth drivers |url=https://drugstorenews.com/news/mckesson-ids-health-mart-expansion-walmart-partnership-fiscal-01-growth-drivers |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2018, Health Mart Atlas was launched as a joint venture between McKesson AccessHealth and American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. to support its stores as a pharmacy services administrative organization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Sandra |date=July 9, 2018 |title=McKesson ideaShare 2018 highlights new Health Mart Atlas PSAO |url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/mckesson-ideashare-2018-showcases-newly-launched-health-mart-atlas |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2018 |title=McKesson Launches Health Mart Atlas |url=https://www.mckesson.com/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2018/mckesson-launches-health-mart-atlas/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=www.mckesson.com |language=en}}</ref> Atlas immediately became the largest PSAO in the industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fein |first=Adam J. |last2= |date=April 17, 2018 |title=McKesson Leads Another Round of PSAO Consolidation |url=https://www.drugchannels.net/2018/04/mckesson-leads-another-round-of-psao.html |access-date=2025-08-11 |language=en}}</ref> That year, J.D. Power gave Health Mart the second-highest score in its rankings of brick-and-mortar chain drugstores.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Major|first=Meg|date=2018-10-02|title=Wegmans Claims Top Honors in J.D. Power Pharmacy Rankings|url=https://www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/wegmans-claims-top-honors-jd-power-pharmacy-rankings|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Winsight Grocery Business}}</ref>
In January 2019, Health Mart announced it had hired Nimesh Jhaveri, formerly of Walgreens, to serve as its president.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Health Mart adds Jhaveri as president|url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/health-mart-adds-jhaveri-as-president|last=Salazar|first=David|date=2019-01-29|website=Drug Store News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> In October, the franchise announced a partnership with Amazon, which would allow its pharmacies to operate as package pickup locations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-24 |title=Health Mart Announces Partnership with Amazon Hub Counter |url=https://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/health-mart-announces-partnership-with-amazon-hub-counter |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-05-26 |website=Pharmacy Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-23 |title=Health Mart pharmacies join ranks of Amazon Counter package pickup locations |url=https://drugstorenews.com/health-mart-pharmacies-join-ranks-amazon-counter-package-pickup-locations |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref>
In 2020, Health Mart began working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to act as the community pharmacy representative for its Ready, Set, PrEP program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Health Mart independent pharmacies donate their dispensing services to HHS to support the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative|url=https://www.pharmacist.com/article/health-mart-independent-pharmacies-donate-their-dispensing-services-hhs-support-ending-hiv|last=|first=|date=2020-03-04|website=APhA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Ready, Set, PrEP program provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications to at-risk individuals at no cost. More than 3,300 Health Mart pharmacies signed on to donate their dispensing fees as part of the program. In October 2020, Jhaveri transitioned to a new role as president of community pharmacy at McKesson and Eyad Farah was named president of Health Mart and Health Mart Atlas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=David |date=2020-10-16 |title=McKesson promotes 2 execs amid community pharmacy restructure |url=https://drugstorenews.com/mckesson-promotes-2-execs-amid-community-pharmacy-restructure |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref>
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Mart again worked with HHS to develop COVID-19 test collection sites at Health Mart pharmacies selected by HHS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Select Health Mart pharmacies to roll out COVID-19 testing|url= https://drugstorenews.com/select-health-mart-pharmacies-roll-out-covid-19-testing|last=Levy|first=Sandra|date=2020-04-29|website=Drug Store News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> It was also the first independent group of pharmacies to offer the COVID-19 vaccine.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Our Mission - Discover the Health Mart Difference {{!}} Health Mart |url=https://www.healthmart.com/about-us/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=www.healthmart.com |language=en}}</ref> The chain collectively administered more than one million vaccinations by May 19, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Sandra |date=2021-05-19 |title=Health Mart, Health Mart Atlas pharmacies administer 1M COVID-19 vaccine doses |url=https://drugstorenews.com/health-mart-health-mart-atlas-pharmacies-administer-1m-covid-19-vaccine-doses |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref>
By 2022, Health Mart Atlas had more than 6,000 members. At the end of the year, the company launched Atlas Specialty to offer specialty-focused pharmacy services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Sandra |date=December 15, 2022 |title=McKesson intros Atlas Specialty |url=https://drugstorenews.com/mckesson-intros-atlas-specialty |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref> In December 2023, McKesson appointed Crystal Lennartz as president of Health Mart and Health Mart Atlas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2023 |title=Crystal Lennartz Named President of Health Mart & Health Mart Atlas |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231213279387/en/Crystal-Lennartz-Named-President-of-Health-Mart-Health-Mart-Atlas |access-date=August 10, 2025 |website=BusinessWire}}</ref> Health Mart ranked highest among brick-and-mortar chain drug store pharmacies in J.D. Power's 2025 U.S. Pharmacy Study.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Marianne |date=July 29, 2025 |title=J.D. Power: Sam’s Club pharmacy ranks highest in customer satisfaction |url=https://chainstoreage.com/jd-power-sams-club-pharmacy-ranks-highest-customer-satisfaction |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Chain Store Age |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== * Republic Drug Store, an historic pharmacy and franchise member of Health Mart<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--none given--> |title=Republic Drug Store |website=Health Mart |url=https://stores.healthmart.com/republicdrugstore/stores.aspx |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!--none given--> |title=Republic Drug Store |website=Ferry County Health |url=http://www.fcphd.org/RDS.html |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.healthmart.com/ Official website]
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