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Hook's Drug Stores
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Hook's Drug Stores was an Indianapolis, Indiana-based drug store chain which was founded in 1900 by John A. Hook. The chain flourished throughout central Indiana for most of the 20th-century until Hook’s-SupeRx was acquired by Revco in 1994. Revco was subsequently acquired by CVS in 1997. Many former Hook's locations are now CVS Pharmacies.
Before Hook-SupeRx was sold to Revco, its stores traded under three different names - Hook's Drug and SupeRx in the Midwest and Brooks Pharmacy in New England. Hook's Drug and SupeRx merged in the mid 1980s to form Hook-SupeRx. Hook-SupeRx acquired the Brooks chain in 1987. Today, Brooks is the only former Hook brand which lives on, now as a division of the Canadian-based Jean Coutu Group.
A recreation of a 19th-century Hook's drug store stands at the Indiana State Fairgrounds as of 2006, and is a popular attraction at the annual Indiana State Fair.
In 2000, the great-grandchildren of John A. Hook opened Hook's Apothecary in Evansville, Indiana. The store specializes in compounding prescriptions. It has no corporate ties to CVS.
