Kinney Drugs to purchase Vermont retail pharmacy

GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. A regional retail pharmacy chain in northern New York state will purchase a locally owned store in Vermont.

Kinney Drugs announced Wednesday that it would purchase Vincent’s Drug & Variety, in Waterbury, Vt. The purchase is expected to take place in early January 2010.

“Everyone at Kinney Drugs is excited at the prospect of welcoming Vincent’s Drug employees and customers into our family,” Kinney Drugs president and COO Bridget-ann Hart said in a statement. “It is important to us that this transition be as smooth as possible for both Vincent’s Drug customers and its employees.”

Vincent’s Drug & Variety has been in Waterbury for 98 years.

“The values, health programs and services and community involvement of our two companies are very much aligned,” owner and pharmacist John Vincent said in a statement. “I wholeheartedly trust the people of Kinney Drugs to provide the same level of caring that Washington County has become accustomed to from Vincent’s Drug & Variety.”