TERRYWHITE Chemmart's (TWC) Tasmanian network is set to hit 20 stores in the coming months, with nine pharmacies set to join the brand.
The expansion will see a collective of seven pharmacies that have been working together since the early 1990s become TWC stores.
In addition to bringing established pharmacies in Windsor Park, Riverside, Mowbray, Launceston City, Launceston Health Hub, Exeter and Newstead, to the network, the new recruits include half the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Tasmanian Branch Committee, with President, John Dowling, currently transitioning his Coventry's Pharmacy in Latrobe to the TWC banner, alongside Guild National Councillor, Helen O'Byrne, and State Committee representatives, Scott Chambers, Melissa Johnson and Brad Turner.
Dowling's pharmacy is expected to be the first of the nine stores to open under the TWC brand next month, followed by the Exeter-based pharmacy in early Dec, with the remaining seven stores, including Stephen Case's pharmacy in Legana, to rebrand in early 2021.
Speaking on behalf of the collective group, Sam Pankhurst, the owner of the Newstead store, said the move to the TWC would give the owners access to business support services and sophisticated IT platforms.
"In this ever-changing community pharmacy landscape, we are looking forward to the transition and are excited to explore all the new opportunities TWC will offer," he said.
TWC CEO, Duncan Phillips, said the group was looking forward to working with the new businesses as they move across to the banner.
"The decision to join TWC was not made lightly, and we are honoured to welcome the professionalism and health leadership that comes from a team of this calibre," he said.
"TWC will be stronger with them and we will make them stronger with us."
Pictured, Tasmania's new TWC pharmacy owners, Rob Davies, Sam Pankhurst, Brad Turner, Sam Oliver, Ivo Vincour, Justin Donaghue, Scott Chambers, Jo Donaghue, Melissa Johnson, Helen O'Byrne, Luciana Torrents, Samantha Cabalzar and Christine White.
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