A celebration was held Friday morning marking the Grand Opening of USADrug in Dexter. Those on hand for the ribbon-cutting included (front row, from left) Dexter Alderman Jerry Corder, Kevin Bishop, Sikeston Super D manager Susan Hampton, Doug Gambo of USADrug, Pharmacist Brandy Haasbroek, Store Floor Manger Donna King, Dexter Mayor Joe Weber, Store Manager Leslie Rounsville, Pharmacy Manager Westley Simmons, Dexter Chamber 2nd Vice President Jackie McKuin, Chamber Director Scott Nelson, and Chamber Executive Director Janet Coleman. (ShowMe Times photo by Annabeth Miller)
By Annabeth Miller,
ShowMe Times Editor
It was a day for celebrating!
The newest member of the Dexter retail community celebrated its Grand Opening Friday with a barbecue, games for youngsters, and a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark its arrival in the community.
Mayor Joe Weber, ceremonial over-sized scissors in hand, sliced the ribbon marking the official opening of USADrug at the One Mile Road-Business Highway 60 intersection. Joining Weber were company and local store staff, as well as city and business partners in town.
The new store is staffed by several familiar local faces associated with the former Overfurf and David’s Pharmacy. Leslie Rousaville is the store manager and Westley Simmons the pharmacy manager.
The barbecue and promotions inside the store were all to benefit the American Cancer Society.
The store features complete pharmacy services, include a double drive-through feature. In addition, the store features gifts, greeting cards, snacks, household goods and other items as well as cosmetic and health care needs,”
USADrug, a Little Rock-based drug chain, purchased two Dexter pharmacies – Overturf Drug and David’s Pharmacy – in 2011 and combined the Dexter retailers' businesses . Work on the new facility began last summer and the store opened for business prior to Christmas. Following parking lot and landscaping work earlier this spring, the new Dexter USADrug is marking its Grand Opening this weekend.
The new store contains 15,000 square feet on a 2.2-acre site.
In 1984, the first USA Drug store opened in Pine Bluff, Ark. Over the past 20 years, the USA Drug family, which includes USA Drug, Super D Drugs, May's Drug Stores, Drug Warehouse, and Med-X Drugs has grown to more than 150 stores with retail outlets in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas.
The ribbon-cutting on Friday morning was the #5 for 2012 for the Dexter Chamber of Commerce; the second for a new business.
