Mar 211 minMargie GlikasOn this date, March 18, 1968, I started my career with Turn*Style / Osco Drug stores. It was one of the few best choices that I made in...
Nov 7, 20212 minDennis PalmerI began my career as a trainee for Savon Drugs one month after college graduation and three weeks after my wedding in 1971. I started as...
Jun 15, 20213 minMitch Oddo (1948 - 2014)Thank you to all who took the time to put together some great recollections and stories about Mitch Oddo. For those who knew Mitch, this...
Jun 15, 20212 minGary HunstigerI’m truly honored to have worked with many of those talented people in my 47 years. As I looked at the company milestones I realized I...
Jun 15, 20212 minLarry WahlstromI just spent some time going thru old pictures, people magazines and other memorabilia. With the passing of time most of the strategies,...
Jun 15, 20215 minDick DavisAs of 2014, I have been retired 16 years and marvel at the camaraderie that exists in hundreds of our retirees. That speaks well for the...
Jun 15, 20213 minDave MaherI joined Osco Drug in Iowa City Iowa, in 1963, while attending my final year of pharmacy school at the University of Iowa. I was hired by...
Jun 15, 20212 minJon ‘Tork’ FuglestadIt's hard to imagine that it's been over 23 years since I retired. What a gift that has been for me and what a privilege it was for me to...
Jun 15, 20216 minBill JacobsOsco’s President Wes Christopherson hired me during the Company’s thirtieth anniversary year in 1967. I was privileged at that time to...
Jun 15, 20213 minArlyn WhiteIn the fall of 1963, I was a sophomore at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in need of a job within walking distance from the...
Jun 15, 20213 minDarnell AllenThe very first store I worked was located at 11255 South Michigan, in the Roseland area on the far Southside of Chicago. My dad, Edgar...
Jun 15, 20213 minTerry HansonI have many fond and lasting memories from my 20 years in the business. I will always be thankful for the important role Osco played in...
Jun 15, 20213 minRon GroveI started with the company in July of 1964. Prior to that time I was working at the Santa Fe Railroad. I was also attending Northwestern...
Jun 15, 20214 minDave GillisMy introduction to Osco came in an interview I had with Fred Dearborn and Bill King on a Pharmacy recruiting trip to South Dakota State...
Jun 15, 202110 minDick GeorgeIn 1978, I was asked to rejoin Osco as Executive Vice President of Operations. It was a traumatic time. Was Jewel Companies selling...
Jun 15, 202111 minDick ClineMy time with Osco and the Jewel Companies ended in 1985, shortly after American Stores acquired everything that was Jewel. By that time,...
Jun 15, 20214 minD.L. “Bill” LewisMy Osco career of 29 years commenced in 1949 as receiving clerk at the Mason City, Iowa store. At that time Osco only had 13 stores....
Jun 15, 20214 minDon Perkins (1927 - 2015)One Saturday in 1960, just about seven years after I had joined Jewel, George Clements asked me to meet him at his office. Fred...
May 8, 20211 minMitch Oddo (1948 - 2014)Thank you to all who took the time to put together some great recollections and stories about Mitch Oddo. For those who knew Mitch, this...
May 8, 20212 minAl PinedaIn the 1980's Sav-on bought the Payless Drug stores in California and I was sent to Sav-on Drugs #3269 in Montebello, California. My...