{"id":14590,"date":"2023-04-18T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/?p=14590"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T22:55:02","slug":"cunningham-drug-an-old-vancouver-pharmacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/en\/eternal-cunningham-drug-an-old-vancouver-pharmacy","title":{"rendered":"Cunningham Drug, an old Vancouver pharmacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vancouver has been long considered one of the most industrial cities in Canada. Its infrastructure has always been well-developed and diverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, this amazing city has always attracted the attention of investors willing to open their own businesses there. There is no surprise because Vancouver&#8217;s excellent economic conditions, convenient tax system and assistance for novice businessmen are perfect for entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, Vancouver is one of the best cities for building a business career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pharmacy business has always been very profitable. After all, people always get sick, which means that there is always a demand for pharmacy products. In addition to medicines, pharmacies offer other products aimed at improving human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vancouver pharmacies are very diverse. Many of them have been on the market for many years and have an interesting history. They have been passed down from generation to generation as family businesses and preserved recipes and pharmaceutical secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, when talking about Vancouver pharmacies, we should mention those, which haven\u2019t survived to this day but have left a bright mark on the history of the pharmaceutical business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of them is Cunningham Drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about it at <a href=\"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/en\">ivancouver<\/a>. (Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/chuckdavis.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chuckdavis.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a6fe105ca4db\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a6fe105ca4db\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/en\/eternal-cunningham-drug-an-old-vancouver-pharmacy\/#Interesting_fact\" >Interesting fact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/en\/eternal-cunningham-drug-an-old-vancouver-pharmacy\/#Emergence\" >Emergence&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/en\/eternal-cunningham-drug-an-old-vancouver-pharmacy\/#Expansion\" >Expansion\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ivancouver.net\/en\/eternal-cunningham-drug-an-old-vancouver-pharmacy\/#Beginning_of_the_end\" >Beginning of the end<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interesting_fact\"><\/span>Interesting fact<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides the sale of pharmacy products, the store offered other goods too, such as tobacco and groceries. However, Cunningham Drug positioned itself as a pharmacy. In this article, we will tell you more about this old Vancouver pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cunningham Drug was a Vancouver pharmacy chain that was founded in 1911. Its main region of activity was British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emergence\"><\/span>Emergence&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cunningham Drug appeared in the winter of 1911. It was founded by George Cunningham, a pharmacist who had previously worked at the Woodward&#8217;s department store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He opened his first pharmacy in Vancouver and managed to expand his network in 1939. Then he bought the Vancouver Drug Stores chain, tripling the size of the Cunningham network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, the number of pharmacies increased from 12 to 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Expansion\"><\/span>Expansion\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ivancouver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/11\/17085222\/img_63778ded0f2d3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, the pharmacy chain expanded to 100 stores. It was the peak of Cunningham&#8217;s popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the businessman&#8217;s authority began to grow rapidly too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, from 1955 to 1957, Cunningham was Vancouver city councillor and later headed the University Board of Governors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beginning_of_the_end\"><\/span>Beginning of the end<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Cunningham passed away on March 7, 1965. He was 76 years old at the time of his death. On September 26, 1971, his pharmacy chain was acquired by Shoppers Drug Mart, which was expanding very actively at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the popularity of Cunningham Drug began to decline significantly and the chain became much less successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, it had a negative effect on the number of customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, it was renamed, as it became part of Shoppers Drug Mart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also led to the network finally ending its existence under the previously popular name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo source: <a href=\"http:\/\/shorpy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shorpy.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver has been long considered one of the most industrial cities in Canada. Its infrastructure has always been well-developed and diverse. In addition, this amazing city has always attracted the attention of investors willing to open their own businesses there. 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