LloydsPharmacy is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK. Since its inception in 1973, it has developed a strong niche as the UK’s largest community pharmacy operator.
LloydsPharmacy has a strong digital presence – through its ecommerce site and Online Doctor business – allowing customers access to routine healthcare where and when it suits them. This has underpinned the retailer’s role as a community pharmacist.
It has a strong portfolio of 1,500 shops and 17,000 employees. In 2016, LloydsPharmacy acquired all 281 of Sainsbury’s pharmacies for £125m, bolstering its portfolio and store network. A year later, however, it sold or closed down 190 shops, citing government cuts.
Its sister companies include the prestigious John Bell & Croyden and Betterlife, a specialist provider of independent living aids.
Boots has announced that more than 1,500 job roles are available across its stores nationwide for pharmacists impacted by the Lloydspharmacy closures.
Around 2,600 retail jobs could be lost after Argos revealed it will end its operations in Ireland and Lloydspharmacy decided to close its branches in Sainsbury’s stores.
Tesco and the Co-op maintain the largest store networks, but discounters are showing the fastest growth.
Amazon has been knocked off the top spot of customers’ favourite places to shop by M&S’ food division, according to exclusive survey data from OC&C.
Cormac Tobin, UK managing director of LloydsPharmacy’s parent company, has left the business with immediate effect after more than a decade at the business.
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