CHITTENANGO — Kinney Drugs opened its newly relocated Chittenango store May 27. The new and expanded store is situated in a shopping plaza at 540 Genesee St., about two blocks from Kinney’s previous location at 703 E. Genesee St. The company says it has operated in the Chittenango market for the past 20 years. […]
CHITTENANGO — Kinney Drugs opened its newly relocated Chittenango store May 27.
The new and expanded store is situated in a shopping plaza at 540 Genesee St., about two blocks from Kinney’s previous location at 703 E. Genesee St. The company says it has operated in the Chittenango market for the past 20 years.
Kinney Drugs plans a formal grand opening and ribbon cutting for June 13, according to a company news release.
Employees from the previous location, which was comprised of nine full-time and 25 part-time employees, now staff the new store, according to Caroline Tisdell, marketing communications coordinator for Kinney Drugs. She says the company does not have plans to increase the number of staff.
Kinney Drugs is leasing the property on which its new store sits, a location it has been pursuing for about three years, says Tisdell. The owner of the land is East Syracuse–based SMP Chittenango LLC, according to Madison County’s property records.
Syracuse–based Montreal Construction Inc. served as general contractor on the project. Subcontractors included Cicero–based AHR Mechanical, Inc., for electrical work, East Syracuse–based JOH Commercial Flooring Inc., Syracuse–based DBR Plumbing Inc., and Syracuse–based Quality Mechanical Services, LLC, for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
The new Kinney Drugs features a larger retail selection of nutritional, weight management, personal care, and beauty products, and will sell home medical equipment. The larger inventory is expected to boost sales, Tisdell told CNYBJ. She did not specify if the company has a targeted growth number.
The store also offers added health and wellness services, and has a pharmacy consultation room and a drive-up window for picking up prescriptions, according to the release.
Store and pharmacy hours are the same as the previous location.
Kinney Drugs is based in Gouverneur and is the drug store division of KPH Healthcare Services, Inc. It operates more than 100 stores in Central and Northern New York and Vermont, filling about 8 million prescriptions annually, making it the 4th largest chain drug retailer in the country, according to its website.
