WICHITA — Dillons and Kwik Shop are moving ahead with a pilot program to test Dillons pharmacies in two area Kwik Shop stores.
Have You Heard? reported this was a possibility in July.
Dillons spokeswoman Sheila Lowrie says construction will start late next month on Kwik Shops at 53rd and Maize and 37th and Ridge. The new pharmacies, which will include drive-throughs, will open in early spring.
Customers will be able to fill prescriptions and speak to pharmacists on site.
Kroger owns Dillons and Kwik Shop, and the pilot is designed to strengthen the partnership between the two and offer customers one-stop shopping for their fuel, pharmacy and grocery needs.
The two Kwik Shops also will be pilot projects for expanded ready-made meals, such as fried and rotisserie chicken and home-style side dishes.
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This makes no sense to me… I just can’t get my mind around going to the pharmacy at the convenience store. I get the gas pumps at the grocery store, but the other way around with putting so many elements of the grocery store into the gas station just floors me.
As John Leeker runs Valley Center and one huge reason why Dillon’s isn’t there, this makes good sense to me. Compete with Wal-Mart and have another convenience store. Remember the Earth is not planet Vulcan. Here on Earth we humans are illogical. Only on Vulcan does logical reasoning exist.
Hope they don’t let cars block the pumps while the customer is inside waiting for the RX to be filled!