Arbor Drugs was based in Troy. It was founded in 1974 by Eugene Applebaum when he merged five stores under the Arbor nameplate. Remember when you came and saw the difference? That motto was heavily advertised.

By 1997, the drug store chain was the nation's eighth largest. CVS announced on February 9, 1998 that it would be purchasing Arbor Drugs in a transaction estimated at $1.48 billion, and creating the largest chain drug retailer in the process. Although most Arbor Drug locations were converted to CVS, several of these stores were later shuttered by the CVS Corporation. All Downriver Arbor Drugs locations were converted to CVS, though some have since relocated, as seen below.

Locations

• 15240 Southfield Road in Allen Park, still operating as CVS
• 23800 West Road in Brownstown Township, still operating as CVS
• 3859 West Jefferson Avenue in Ecorse, still operating as CVS
• 25702 Gibraltar Road in Flat Rock, converted to CVS, relocated to 27000 Telegraph Road in 2000, now Dollar General
• 3760 Fort Street in the Lincoln Park Plaza in Lincoln Park, converted to CVS, consolidated with 1716 Fort location to move to 2400 Fort in 2007, now a Saint Vincent DePaul Store
• 3647 Dix Highway in Lincoln Park, still operating as CVS
• 1716 Fort Street in Lincoln Park, converted to CVS, consolidated with 3760 Fort location to move to 2400 Fort in 2007, vacant, may be torn down for Save-A-Lot
• 18340 Allen Road in Melvindale, still operating as CVS
• 20790 Fort Street in the Fort-King Plaza in Riverview, converted to CVS, relocated to 1625 King Road in Trenton in 2002, never reoccupied, entire shopping center torn down in 2013
• 11125 Allen Road in Southgate, still operating as CVS
• 15300 Eureka Road in Southgate, opened in 1991, still operating as CVS
• 23131 Ecorse Road in Taylor, converted to CVS, consolidated with 7834 Telegraph location to move to 22000 Ecorse in 2002, now Dollar Wish
• 7834 Telegraph Road in Taylor, converted to CVS, consolidated with 23131 Ecorse location to move to 22000 Ecorse in 2002, now Dollar Tree
• 26101 Eureka Road in Taylor, still operating as CVS
• 131 Elm Street in Wyandotte, still operating as CVS
• 2025 Fort Street in Wyandotte, opened in 1981, still operating as CVS
• 3897 Fort Street in the Fort-Grove Shopping Center in Wyandotte, converted to CVS, relocated to 13545 Eureka Road in the Southgate Shopping Center in Southgate later in 1998, now Emerald Hall

External links

• Arbor Drugs at Wikipedia, from which portions of the text are shamelessly copied from