WHITMIRE HIGH-VOLUME BUSINESS TO CHAINS, HOSPITALS AND MANAGED CARE OPERATIONS GENERATED $2.14 BIL. IN SALES IN FY 1993; KMART WAS EMERGING AS IMPORTANT
Executive Summary
Whitmire Distribution was negotiating with Kmart to act as primary supplier for the majority of the mass merchandiser's 1,650 pharmacies when Kmart divested its 572-outlet PayLess Drug Division in December, according to a disclosure by Whitmire in proxy materials on its pending merger with Cardinal Distribution.