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This stub needs some work. I imagine that most supermarket pharmacies are owned by the supermarkets themselves (e.g., Kroger), which are large corporations. --128.104.112.159 (talk)21:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Stream-of-consciousness essay, mainly backgrounding (definitions & other prerequitistes) rather than on-topic description, with no citations. Needs rewriting as an encyclopedia entry, with sources. --Stfg (talk)14:50, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the material that was off-topic and provided descriptions of some aspects of community pharmacists and pharmacies, with references.Drchriswilliams (talk)08:30, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Name change - "Community pharmacy" to "Pharmacy (shop)"
At"Pharmacy" the place in WikiProject Pharmacology I asked where the article was for the typical sort of pharmacy which a typical person might visit to get their personal medication. There was some uncertainty. This article existed as "community pharmacy", but that term was not familiar to me as an American and also some aspects of the article made me question whether this was about something European. I looked around and there was no international general article on a community retail shop providing prescription drugs. I adapted this article to be that.
As part of the adaptation I changed the name of this article from "Community pharmacy" to "Pharmacy (shop)". I also listed various other English language names for this concept. Unfortunately I was unable to find sources for any explanation of the different terms used - if anyone has any then please cite something.
Also, I changed the image in the lead from a rather unusual looking Polish storefront to a more common looking typical pharmacy storefront in India. I added a gallery section to community other concepts of pharmacies. I was unable to identify good contemporary pharmacy interior images, so those are lacking. My hope is that a gallery would express in images that this article is about a retail concept that I think is familiar to everyone in some form. Blue Rasberry(talk)21:51, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
A pharmacy provides prescription drugs and a "drugstore" is a type of store which sells over-the-counter drugs, and might be aconvenience store, and might also include a pharmacy.
I executed the merge.Drugstore now redirects toPharmacy (shop). There was some poorly cited content at "drugstore" which talked about drugstores as a United States cultural institution between 1870-1950, when these places were known for sellingsoft drinks and providing a social meeting place. I do think that is a distinct idea from a pharmacy, but for this to be in Wikipedia, someone needs to establish notability and cite some sources. Nowadays the terms "drugstore" and "pharmacy" are equivalent, so that plus lack of evidence otherwise led me to do the merge. Blue Rasberry(talk)19:56, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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