Drug Emporium Waco Tx

Here is another Drug Emporium store in Waco Texas. This store is set up differently that the other Drug Emporium stores I have visited. The Vitamins Plus is on one side, the general merchandise in the middle and the jewelry/cosmetics/pharmacy on the other side. The middle aisles are lined up from the front of the store to the back of the store. The side aisles are lined up going from the sides of the store as to separate those parts of the store. 

A few photos of the front of the store in the Vitamins Plus department.

Drug Emporium has a large selection of products that would make the chain drugstores jealous. 

The back corner of the Vitamins Plus department.

Looking from the back of the store to the front.

Retro sign at the jewelry counter.

Pharmacy

Front checkouts with the old school thank you sign.

A wide view of the store and road sign.

Drug Emporium Longview, Texas

Here is a quick post from another Drug Emporium, this one from Longview Texas. 

This store has many retro features, check out the Thank you sign in the middle of this photo.

Here is the vitamins plus section which carries many vitamins and herbal supplements. This part of the store has been one of the busiest in my most recent visits to the store. 

Drug Emporium Lafayette LA

Drug Emporium was a large chain of drugstores similar to Phar-mor that flourished in the late 1980's and early 1990's with over 300 stores. The company had many franchises as well as company owned locations. Many stores were sold off in the early 2000's and the last corporate chains closed in 2003. Less than 20 locations remain under independant ownership under the Drug Emporium name. The Houston, San Antonio, and Austin markets lost their stores in 1999 according to this link.. Drug Emporium in Lafayette is located in a prime location near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus and centrally located in the city. The store is slightly larger than a Walgreens or CVS stand alone store, and has a large vitamin and health section called Vitamin Plus that takes up about half of the store space. Going to this store is a nice change from the corporate chains and worth a visit if you are in the area. Here are a couple views from inside of the store. The store was busy so I was not comfortable taking too many photos.