Thrifty White Drug is pleased to announce that it will be opening a
pharmacy in Cold Spring. The recent sale of the Snyder Drug store and
subsequent closing of the store has left the community without a
pharmacy. Thrifty White Drug worked with Mayor Schmitz, City
Administrator Larry Lahr and Jim Kraemer of the Economic Development
Agency to see if it was feasible to bring a new pharmacy to town so
people in the community did not have to take their business elsewhere.
Thrifty White had excellent assistance from Larry Lahr arranging
contacts and helping expedite the process of bringing in a new
pharmacy. With the help of these city officials we will be able to open
a new pharmacy in just a few days when it normally takes up to 8 or 12
weeks.
Thrifty White has a 126 year history of operating
pharmacies in smaller, rural communities and is excited to work with
the community to keep pharmacy services available in Cold Spring.
Thrifty
White has a pending pharmacy license with the Minnesota Board of
Pharmacy. The opening date will be determined by how quickly we get
final approval from the Board of Pharmacy. We are hoping to be open by
the end of January at the latest. Thrifty White plans on operating its
pharmacy in the Schurman Retail Center until a larger drug store can be
built or located. Lynn Schurman along with Alpha Development, Ordean
Peterson and Jim Webb have been extremely helpful in making a space
available to us on short notice so the community can go as few days as
possible without a local pharmacy. The address is 20 South Red River
Ave, Suite 100.
Pharmacy hours will be:
- M-F 9:00 – 7:00
- Saturday 9 – 5:00
- Sunday 10:00 – 2:00
We are interviewing current
Snyder Drug employees and hoping to fill as many positions as possible
from that staff.
We can fill prescriptions for you prior to the
pharmacy opening through our central pharmacy and have them mailed to
your home. Prescriptions filled this way will transfer into the new
Cold Spring store as soon as it is open so you will not need to
transfer prescriptions back into town if you use this service. You can
call in your prescriptions to our toll free number (866) 903-5720. We
will need the name of your prescription drugs, your doctor’s name and
the information on your prescription insurance card. We will contact
your doctor to obtain a new prescription for you. Please call in your
prescriptions a few days prior to running out so they arrive at your
home in time.
We anticipate a very hectic first few weeks
since every prescription will require extra work and time to get it
into our pharmacy system. Please bring your prescription insurance card
to the store with you to reduce the time it takes to enter your
insurance information. We will need to receive a new prescription from
your doctor before we can refill a prescription. We ask for everyone’s
patience as we create a new pharmacy in record time and train all
employees on our computer systems. To avoid a long wait at the pharmacy
as we contact your doctor, please call in your refill information a
couple of days in advance.
Thrifty White will offer the same
services as previously provided such as prescription mail out service,
deliveries and an interest free 30 day charge program. Patients that
use the same medication month after month can notify the pharmacy to
have their prescription automatically filled and waiting for them on a
set day of each month. Just ask about our “Ready Refill” program for
more information.
The company offers a ninety day $11.88 generic savings programs on over 350 prescription products.
Thrifty
White Drug has contracts with most insurance companies and should be
able to fill your prescription even if the insurance hasn’t been
accepted in the past. Let the store personnel know which insurance plan
you would like to use and we will look into contracting with that
provider.
Thrifty White Drug is an employee owned chain of 88
drug stores based out of Maple Grove, MN. Only current and past
employees own shares of the company. Employees share in the results of
the company through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). In this
way the profits of the company return to those employees that work in
the rural communities where the company operates. The company is one of
the 100 largest companies in the United States owned by its employees.
The
company has been in business since 1884 and has always operated
pharmacies in communities similar to Cold Spring through out North and
South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Montana. Surrounding
Thrifty White stores are located in Willmar, St. Michael, Osakis,
Alexandria Brainerd, Princeton and Milaca. All of the prescription
records from the pharmacy in Cold Spring will be available to our
pharmacists in all other Thrifty White stores if you need a
prescription filled while traveling.
Thrifty White Drug is very
excited to be in Cold Spring and looks forward to providing for the
health care needs of the community as we have in similar communities
for over 125 years.
Contact person:
Dave Rueter, Vice President of Personnel Thrifty White Drug
(763) 513-4350
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