reported last month<\/a>, a new ownership group will take over the operation of the MacKay’s Island Pharmacy, beginning on Sept. 8.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Greco, Perna, Febbraro, DeSumma (GPFD) IDA Group, which currently operates a pharmacy in Goulais River, will take over operation of the pharmacy in the Bridgelink Medical Centre in Richards Landing. It will be renamed the Island Drug Mart.<\/p>\n
\u201cMacKay\u2019s Pharmacy has long been a cornerstone of health services on St. Joseph Island,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Joe Greco, partner of GPFD Group, in a news release issued Thursday.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re honoured to invest in the future of this essential business and support the health of this vibrant northern Ontario community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new ownership plans to provide free shipping for customers when it assumes operation, with additional plans to add a nurse practitioner clinic in the future.<\/p>\n
Although the pharmacy will be transitioning from PharmaSave to IDA, Greco said there will be no interruption to customers during the transition period.<\/p>\n
“The acquisition aims to build on the MacKay\u2019s tenure by introducing enhanced services, expanded inventory, and digital innovations \u2014 all while preserving the personalized, community-first approach that local residents have come to rely on,” said the GPFD IDA Group..<\/p>\n
In June, the future of the pharmacy was less clear after its longtime owner Austin MacKay received an eviction notice<\/a> with an order to vacate the space by July 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The longstanding MacKay’s Pharmacy will soon become the Island Drug Mart under new ownership, bringing enhanced services and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392,36591],"class_list":["post-54709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-joe-grecomackays-island-pharmacyaustin-mackay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}