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http://www.startribune.com/business/81324852.html?page=2&c=y Page 2 of 3 <br /> GET THE LATEST NEWS. <br /> s.. <br /> StarTribune.com mo de browser to <br /> http://startnbune.com <br /> calling on them to do the right thing." elsewhere, Morin said. <br /> Morin,the Snyders spokesman, said some of In 1999,the Minnetonka-based Snyder Drug <br /> the 500 employees at the 25 Snyder's stores Stores Inc. was purchased by Katz Group, a <br /> will be offered jobs at the surviving stores. large drug-store chain based in Edmonton, <br /> Deerfield, I11.-based Walgreens, which has Alberta. At the time, Snyders had 1,600 <br /> 132 stores in Minnesota, did not respond to employees, and 141 company-owned and <br /> questions about layoffs and severance independent stores in six states. There were <br /> packages. 55 stores in the Twin Cities. <br /> With an aging population and rising use of Scott Sommer, an independent owner of the <br /> prescription drugs, retail pharmacies have Snyder Super Stop in downtown Duluth, said <br /> seen explosive growth in the past decade. In he found out about the corporate deal with <br /> the last five years, about 60 chain stores Walgreens from a customer. His store does <br /> operated by Walgreens, CVS Caremark Corp. not operate a pharmacy. <br /> of Woonsocket, R.I., and Minneapolis-based <br /> Target Corp. have opened in the Twin Cities, Sommer bought the store in 1994. Back then, <br /> Morin said. he benefited from the Snyders warehouse <br /> system and other corporate partnerships. <br /> Snyder's had been struggling for some time; Today, he works directly with vendors and <br /> last year it closed 25 company-owned operates as a sole proprietor. <br /> stores, most in Minnesota. <br /> Sommer said business at the store "actually <br /> "It's a really competitive environment, and has been fine" through the recession. He'll <br /> Snyder's was unable to compete with the probably keep the Snyders name. <br /> chain stores," Morin said. <br /> "The name is not that big of a deal here, like it <br /> Businessmen Max Snyder, Louis Sachs and I. might be in the Twin Cities where there's a <br /> W. Goldberg opened the first Snyders in bigger presence," he said. "I could be called <br /> Minneapolis in 1928. The chain reached its Joe's Market." <br /> peak in 1993,when it had 60 corporate- <br /> owned locations in the Twin Cities and 22 jcrosby@startribune.com • 612-673-7335 <br /> Advertisement <br /> PROTECT <br /> CALL NOW and receive a FREE*artless <br /> remote control with PANIC BUTTON! <br /> YOUR-HOME <br /> FREE {j ome Securfty 1.877-246-7519 DTflocurity <br /> QC System! hian-Fri gam-14pm Si- a9am-7pm�Sun Ilam-6pm EST <br /> $850 Value! ,,,, rIsh Rrwstoewe nit eST1madams lee sed eepalms, shwano.MiyreniuS.ked tiairw apply <br /> Print Powered By tI Dynamics <br /> http://www.startribune.com/templates/fdcp?1264106727048 1/21/2010 <br />