BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
- Private
- US
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Hi-School Pharmacy and its affiliates are independently owned and operated companies employing hundreds of people in its warehouse, corporate office, and individual stores and pharmacies. Our pharmacists offer the best in professional, quality health care at each of our pharmacy locations. In addition, we're pleased to bring you the finest Ace and True Value Hardware products at many of our locations. Our company is built upon the tradition of high-quality, courteous service given to customers by their local Hi-School Pharmacy's employees. We take great pride in what the name "Hi-School Pharmacy" stands for in the Pacific Northwest: caring, local people, quality merchandise at competitive prices, and customer satisfaction. Our goal is to make Hi-School Pharmacy your neighborhood drug, variety, and hardware store.
Chief Executive Officer
Steven OlivaNumber of Employees 2,999
Contact Information
916 Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, Washington 98660
1 360 693 5879
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NAICS Code Pharmacies and Drug Stores: 446110
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Hi-School keys on basics
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Co-president and chief operating officer Jack Holt predicts a tough year for Hi-School Pharmacy Services. "But with our focus on service as a community pharmacy, we'll be able to weather the storm and come out stronger than before," he promises. "We still plan on...
Drug/hardware combo strikes a chord
Employing a variety of store formats and market-responsive merchandising and promotion in such categories as lawn and garden and hardware, Hi-School Drugs has held its own in Washington and Oregon markets where big-box operators, such as Fred Meyer and Wal-Mart, and Longs, Rite Aid and Walgreens scramble for sales. ...
For 80 years, customer service has set Hi-School apart
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Hi-School Pharmacy will mark its 80th anniversary this year with a dedication to top-notch customer service--much the same way as when its first store opened in 1925 across the street from the original Vancouver (Wash.) High School. Today the retailer's store count includes 30 units that...
Hi-School refocuses after divestiture of 17 units
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Hi-School Pharmacy is in the midst of selling 17 of its stores to Walgreen Co. "It's a complex transaction," says Steve Oliva, Hi-School's president and chief executive officer. "Walgreens basically bought all of our pharmacy business in the Portland [Ore.] metropolitan area and Clark County in...
Hi-School Pharmacy, Vancouver, Wash., is selling 16 Hi-School Pharmacy stores or pharmacy files in the Portland, Ore., and Vancouver area to Walgreens Co., Deerfield, III.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
Hi-School Pharmacy, Vancouver, Wash., is selling 16 Hi-School Pharmacy stores or pharmacy files in the Portland, Ore., and Vancouver area to Walgreens Co., Deerfield, III. Walgreens will operate the acquired stores with current Hi-School Pharmacy employees.
Hi-School successfully adapts as it meets myriad challenges
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- In addition to the challenges faced by all chain drug store operators today, Hi-School Pharmacy faces a set of problems peculiar to its Pacific Northwest trading area--high unemployment, ever-increasing competition attracted by the region's population growth and cuts in Medicaid reimbursement. Yet the retailer has managed...
Chain touts diverse mix
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- For the convenience of customers, Hi-School Pharmacy posts its weekly specials on its web site (hischoolpharmacy.com). Together with its spring 2003 coupon book, they demonstrate the diversity of the drug chain's merchandise mix, promoting products from food to cell phones to wheelbarrows. Seasonal goods, particularly lawn and...
Hi-School forging ahead, looking for opportunities
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Despite contending with the problems common to drug chains today and a regional economy hard hit by the downturn in the high-tech industry, "our business has held up," reports Steve Oliva, president and chief executive officer of the 37-store Hi-School Pharmacy chain. While prescription sales continue...
Working to stay one step ahead
Staking out a spot among the top regional drug chains, Hi-School Pharmacy reported that its sales growth increased three fold in 2001, jumping from an increase of 4.4 percent in 2000 to 13.8 percent last year. And that was without adding one store. "It was a good year, but...
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., Business Notebook Column.
By Steven Gardner, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--Minnehaha residents had been used to having Dave's Thriftway within walking distance and were sad to see it go. So Hi-School Pharmacy's decision to add groceries at its ...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Steven Oliva | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr. Oliva has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hi-School Pharmacy, Inc., for more than five years. He is a board member of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and Oregon State University Advisory Board School of Pharmacy, Emeritus. He is also a real estate investor.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hi-School Pharmacy, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| West Coast Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hi-School Pharmacy, Inc. | President | Former |
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