TerryWhite Chemmart is an Australian

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chain owned by the

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. It is the largest pharmacy chain in Australia, with over 550 stores, . The brand is the result of the 2016 merger of two pharmacy chains – Terry White Chemists and Chemmart.

History

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and Rhonda White opened their first pharmacy in Woody Point, Queensland, in 1959. Their network of owned pharmacies grew steadily over the years. In 1994, they established a pharmacy franchise in Australia. The Terry White Chemists franchise network continued to grow over the next 11 years. This took the total number of franchised pharmacies within the Terry White Group to 225. In August 2016, the Terry White Group announced a merger with the EBOS-owned Chemmart, which created a pharmacy chain with over 500 stores nationally and an annual turnover of A$2 billion. EBOS Group took a 50 per cent stake in Terry White Group as part of the merger. All stores have since been rebranded under the new combined chain with a new name, logo and branding. Since the merger, TerryWhite Chemmart is now the largest pharmacy group in Australia. In December 2016, Terry White Chemists came under fire, after a single franchisee (who is at liberty "stock and sell products at their discretion") displayed

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s underneath a sign reading "Experience a White Christmas". Terry White Chemists subsequently banned the sale of such dolls from sale from any franchise nationwide, and the franchisee "unreservedly apologised" for the "regrettable error". In 2018, EBOS acquired the remaining 50 per cent of shares in Terry White Group it did not own, making Terry White fully owned by EBOS.

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Rhonda and Terry White Digital Story and Oral History
- State Library of Queensland * {{Commons category-inline Retail companies established in 1959 Pharmacies of Australia Australian companies established in 1959