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Snyder Drug Stores company history timeline

1954

Bill Soderlund, Sr., Continues the LegacyIn 1954 my father began his studies at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.

1959

Planned as part of the Hoffman Plaza Shopping Center at Higgins and Roselle Roads, the drug store’s grand opening was in mid-June of 1959—and couldn’t have happened fast enough for the shoppers of Hoffman Estates.

The toy aisle was enticing, especially during the Christmas season of 1959, when the first Barbie doll, dressed in a black and white swimsuit, made its retail debut.

1961

In a Daily Herald article from March 9, 1961, “Manager Robert Semmens…said it was difficult to keep walls of the counter area clean with the cooking of hamburgers, and that a coke machine would be installed in the drug store this week.”

Despite the fact that there were many days when people would be waiting for a seat, the lunch counter was taken out in March 1961 to make room for more merchandise.

1963

In 1963 he began working for Doug Dayton at the fledgling Target Pharmacy in Roseville.

1965

Sometime after 1965, the store moved across the street to the Golf Rose Shopping Center.

1978

Doctor Lloyd, one of the owners passed away shortly before the closed in 1978.

1980

Dad Goes Into Business for HimselfBill Soderlund, Sr., eventually bought "Village Drug" in Northfield Minnesota in 1980.

2000

The business, itself, was eventually sold to Dominicks in 2000, having provided years of pharmacy experience as well as good shopping.

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