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Ritzman Pharmacies Inc.

is in the Retail Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Five of Forrest?s sons became pharmacists and along with two additional partners have continued the tradition of service and excellence into today. Our commitment to providing quality community care has allowed us to evolve into a provider of wellness, healthcare and education. Today, we have combined the prescription and natural health pharmacies to offer complementary services such as massage therapy, compounded specialty medication, diabetic supplies, home infusion, natural products, educational seminars, organic foods and supplements.

Number of Employees 174
Contact Information

8614 Hartman RD

Wadsworth, Ohio 44281

www.ritzmanphar...

1 330 335 2318

NAICS Code Pharmacies and Drug Stores: 446110

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  • World Class Customer Service Awards 2007: Ritzman Pharmacies, Old-fashioned service

    - 2007-06-01

    Pharmacies today tend to focus on the quantity of business generated and get stuck in the whirlwind of speedy service, forgetting what really matters to their customers. Ritzman Pharmacies Inc., on the other hand, puts quality first, focusing on what its customers truly desire - excellent customer service. The...

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  • AT&T Announces New Contract With Ritzman Pharmacies

    - 2006-09-25

    AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced a new data-services contract with Ritzman Pharmacies, a community pharmacy with headquarters in Wadsworth, Ohio, and nine additional locations in Akron. Under the terms of the three-year contract, AT&T will be the primary data-services provider, delivering AT&T Multiprotocol Label Switching MPLS Private Network Transport...

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  • Retailer finds, builds ties with community

    - 2006-05-01

    WADSWORTH, Ohio -- With four stores in Akron, Ohio, including a new location downtown, Ritzman is increasing its involvement in the city's civic affairs. The chain works extensively with such organizations as the Downtown Akron Partnership and is a sponsor of the Akron Aeros minor league baseball team (it...

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  • Ritzman Pharmacies

    - 2006-01-16

    Larry Fligor is chief technology officer at Wadsworth, Ohio-based Ritzman Pharmacies, an eight-store chain that combines prescription-based medicine with natural health remedies. In addition, the retailer offers a variety of such complementary services as massage therapy, compounded specialty medications, natural products, and organic food and supplements.

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  • Retail forecast '06: Chain Drug execs look ahead

    - 2006-01-02

    It is time to face the music for drug chains dealing with the new Medicare drug benefit. Medicare Part D is here, and chains are bracing for the impact of millions of beneficiaries using dozens of prescription drug plans. Most retailers are optimistic that increased new business will ultimately outweigh...

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  • Ritzman makes 'Caring Connection' with customers

    - 2005-05-02

    WADSWORTH, Ohio -- Personal service is the name of the game at Ritzman Pharmacies, according to Jon Fiume, the company's vice president of retail operations and natural products. In a fiercely competitive marketplace the value of knowing the names of customers and building relationships with them is incalculable, he...

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  • Ritzman pegs metabolic syndrome as next diet trend

    - 2004-10-11

    Ritzman Pharmacies, an enterprising eight-store chain based in the Akron, Ohio, area, has always been about making its stores a destination center for the latest in dieting trends. There was a Weight Watchers theme one year as the store offered up its space as a meeting center for the...

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  • Ritzman counts on service for competitive edge

    - 2004-04-26

    WADSWORTH, Ohio -- The quality of the service it provides is the major distinction between Ritzman Pharmacies and other retailers in an increasingly competitive marketplace, according to Jon Fiume, vice president of retail operations and natural products. He explains that Ritzman's pharmacists and other personnel know the names of...

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  • In low-carb world, chains ring up sales: people on low-carb diets are encouraged to utilize an essential fatty acid

    - 2003-10-13

    NEW YORK -- Just as herbal supplements revitalized vitamin and nutrition departments a few years ago, CVS Corp., Kroger Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other mass market retailers are discovering new niches in the category with products that promise low carbohydrates for consumers--and higher rings at cash registers. The...

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  • Chains aggressively wooing the fairer sex

    - 2001-11-05

    The general consensus among suppliers is that women's health has been largely ignored until only recently. However, there seems to be a fresh effort to address this situation. "The majority of [drug store] shoppers are women and always has been," said Jon Fiume, vice president of retail operations and natural...

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