SuperValu Pharmacies

SuperValu Pharmacies is a subsidiary of SuperValu. It owns several pharmacies, which are all in-store.

Osco and Sav-on
Osco Drugs' history started in 1915, when S.M. Skaggs opened a store that sold things at a low price. In 1919, the Skaggs brothers formed Skaggs United Stores. This company eventually became Safeway. In 1937, L.L. Skaggs opened a store called Pay-Less. Later, he found out that there was already another company called Payless. So he renamed it Self Service Drug. In 1942, the company was renamed Owners Service Company (Osco). In 1961, The Jewel Companies acquired Osco. In 1966, Jewel purchased Buttrey's, and branded some stores Buttrey-Osco. In 1980, Jewel acquired Sav-on Drugs. American Stores, which owned Acme, Alpha Beta, and Skaggs Drugs, bought Jewel. Afterwords, American Stores renamed all their pharmacies Osco. Since in southern California the name Osco was not liked, American Stores renamed the former Sav-ons Sav-on Drugs. Later, American Stores formed a new subsidiary, called American Drug Stores, Inc., which owned Osco, Sav-on, and RxAmerica. This was the predecessor to SuperValu Pharmacies. In the late 90s, Albertsons purchased American Stores. When SuperValu purchased Albertsons, all free-standing Osco and Sav-on Drugstores were sold to CVS Caremark. However, SuperValu still operates Osco and Sav-on as in-store pharmacies.

SuperValu Pharmacies
The original SuperValu pharmacies were Sav-on and Osco. After buying Albertsons in 2006, SuperValu took ownership of Osco and Sav-on. By 2007, SuperValu had opened pharmacies inside their stores, which all use the store's name and 'Pharmacy' (e.g. Jewel-Osco Pharmacy, Cub Pharmacy, etc.)