DRUG EMPORIUM Up close


April 13, 2001 at 12:00a.m.


Details on Drug Emporium:
Business: Discount drugstore chain.
Stores: 131 across the country.
Headquarters: Powell, Ohio, in suburban Columbus.
Finances: For the first nine months of its current fiscal year, the company had sales of $636.5 million and a loss from operations of $9.8 million.
History: Founded in 1977 by Phil Wilber of Columbus. Its stock was first publicly traded in 1988.
Source: Company Web site, Yahoo Finance