Press Releases
PICKWICK: MORE THAN PHARMACY, A PIECE OF HISTORY
September 12, 2007 (Greenville, SC) – It's a pharmacy and a soda shoppe, but after decades and three generations, it's so much more. View this 4-minute video featured on Greenville's WYFF TV Channel 4. Watch Jane Robelot as she takes you to a homecoming at The Pickwick and reminisces about cherry smashes, soda jerks, and family traditions.
THE PICKWICK PHARMACY PRESERVES A PIECE OF HISTORY AND OPENS SODA FOUNTAIN DOORS ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 25.
August 14, 2007 (Greenville, SC) – The Pickwick announced today that it has completed its soda shop construction and renovation and plans to unveil the 1949 soda fountain to the community during an Open House on Saturday, August 25. The 60-years old business was recently purchased by two brothers, Chad and Kelly Odom, from their father and pharmacist, Dwight Odom. With their father, the two brothers have incorporated a soda fountain into the pharmacy and will be the third generation of Odoms to manage the local business that was founded in 1947 by their grandfather and great uncle. ...more
THE PICKWICK PHARMACY SEARCHES FOR OLDEST GREENVILLE COUNTY RESIDENT TO RECEIVE THE SODA FOUNTAIN’S HONORARY FIRST BANANA SPLIT.
July 19, 2007 (Greenville, SC) – The Pickwick Pharmacy announced today that it is searching for the oldest resident in Greenville County to receive the first honorary banana split from its new soda fountain. The soda fountain at The Pickwick is scheduled to open in August 2007 and will be unveiled during an open house for the community at that time. During the open house, cars from the 50s and 60s will be on display, there will be a straw-cutting ceremony, and 50 cents ice cream cones will be served in the afternoon. ...more
THE PICKWICK HIRES AN ADDITIONAL PHARMACIST, SAMUEL O'KEEFE RAY.
May 3, 2007 (Greenville, SC) – The Pickwick Pharmacy announced today that it has hired Samuel O'Keefe Ray (Keefe) as a pharmacist at its Augusta Road location. Ray is a native of Greenville, graduating from Greenville High School, Wofford College, and pharmacy school at MUSC. Ray joins Dwight Odom behind the counter and will be the second pharmacist on staff at The Pickwick. Ray previously worked for two chain drugstores and is excited about working for the locally-owned pharmacy where his wife and her family have been longtime customers. ...more
MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS TO HONOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI MAY 4
The Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina will honor five business executives May 4 at the school's 12th annual Business Leadership Dinner and Awards Program. ...more
THE PICKWICK PHARMACY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BRING BACK SODA FOUNTAIN, ADD DRIVE THRU, AND KEEP THE 60-YEARS OLD BUSINESS IN THE FAMILY.
February 8, 2007 (Greenville, SC) – The Pickwick Pharmacy announced today that it is expanding its business and service offerings by bringing back the soda fountain that was a local fixture in the 1940s and 50s and is also adding a drive thru, among other things. The Pickwick Pharmacy has a long history with the Greenville community and is one of the few locally-owned, non-chain pharmacies that remain in SC. ...more
