Carol Hively Quotations

We're still growing in Mississippi. We have 37 stores in your state.

We're looking in the area but nothing is definite.

Maine is one of the few states where we don't have a presence. Opening stores in Maine is part of our overall expansion plan. We are focused on growing in the U.S.

It is kind of like gas stations, where you're looking for a specific kind of corner and there's only going to be so many of those, and we all want that corner. We're looking for the high traffic count and good visibility.

People are in a hurry and want to run in and very quickly grab some suntan lotion, a magazine or a soda.

It doesn't look like anything is happening there at this time.

That's the kind of technology that attracts and keeps patients.

Every year we see our prescription sales increase ... up to 63 percent of our sales now. At the same time, people are living longer, well into their 80s and approaching 100. So we're getting drugstores in place to meet the current demand but also looking ahead 5, 10, 20 years from now to make sure we have stores in place to meet that demand.

It would make sense for us to build near a competitor.

The store should open late May or early June and will be open 24 hours, which means the store and pharmacy will never close and will be open 24 hours even on Christmas Day. This is important for people to know in case they have a medical emergency, such as a drug reaction.

The Drug Utilization Review (DUR) includes a notes field intended for the pharmacist to use to enter reminders and patient requests. We want to ensure that our pharmacy employees are acting in a proper and professional manner so we are looking into this matter.