Franchises
If you are looking for a way to boost your profits and develop your business with expert support, consider joining the Discount Drug Stores retail brand. This Australian owned and managed group, first established in 2001, is experiencing unprecedented growth across Australia.
What You Need To Know
Most Discount Drug Store franchises are enjoying a lot higher gross profit than you may expect. This is achieved through:
- Monthly price-driven catalogues
- National marketing campaign
- State-of-the-art category management and buying operation
- A strong wholesale Ethical deal
- National Retail Pricing Model
- Increased customer traffic due to marketing strategies
- Best net into store prices
- Software that interrogates POS daily and reports mistakes in buying or pricing
- Expert support from Discount Drug Stores and their team of business development managers
- Strong store support with focus on retail training and best retail practices
- Focus on professional services with health clinics available in store and our online education program for pharmacists and pharmacy assistants
About us
Discount Drug Stores offers are prescription medicines and other traditional pharmacy lines at significant discounts, ensuring that consumers receive quality patient care and outcomes. Our front shop focus concentrates on key categories such as OTC Medicines, Vitamins, Skin Care, Health & Beauty and Baby.
Our ability to maintain professional, full service pharmacies is what differentiates us from other discount pharmacy chains and the Big Box pharmacies. The quality of staff development and Pharmacy QCPP accreditation facilitates high quality service delivery. Inside our pharmacies, you will find a cheerful and bright atmosphere. Products are aggressively merchandised to allow customers to be tempted by Every Day Savings. The corporate branding of the Discount Drug Stores name creates a strong alliance with the consumer.
Our Market Position
- Full service line pharmacy
- Professional delivery with advice
- Discounted Pricing Strategy offered “everyday”
- Provide consumer with a competitive and convenient alternative to large discount warehouses offering low service and low price
- Avoiding direct clash with large discount warehouses offering low service and low price
Why Choose Discount Drug Stores?
Strong competition in the pharmacy industry has created an increasing number of new discount warehouses emerging into the Australian market. Our aim is to continue our growth without losing sight of our major focus on price and service.
Discount Drug Stores is recruiting owners via franchising of existing pharmacies to continue their growth and become a major influence in the pharmacy retail market. The success of this model has generated a large increase in customer traffic in the stores.
We currently have over 90 stores across every state in Australia and expect to have more than 100 stores in early 2012.
Your Partners in Business
These key staff will assist you in developing your Discount Drug Store.
Business Development Manager (BDMs) Specifically aligned to your business, these team members have a strong retail skill set. BDMs are on a six to eight weekly store visit cycle with primary focus on increasing retail sales and stock turns, monitoring high standards of customer service delivery, driving the delivery of ongoing in store training and development and ensuring overall compliance across the brand. The BDMs work closely with the owner and manager to develop strong business relationships that form the basis of an ongoing partnership – they represent the link between the brand and the store and are the key primary contact you will have with Head Office.
Franchise Business Analyst Assists existing stores in achieving more profitable overall business results. Will liaise with external suppliers to ensure timely benchmark reporting is made available to franchisees and assist with the overall analysis, assessment and delivery of the group’s financial benchmarking data.
Visual Merchandise Coordinator remains on site for the week post shopfit during the set up of all new stores. Works closely with the Business Development Managers to assist existing stores with the achievement of high visual merchandising and display standards.
Important initiatives to keep your business running smoothly
- National Operations Manual
- National Training Calendar
- Retail Ready Compliance Program
- Mystery Shopping Program
DDS Franchise Agreement
- Five year Franchise Agreement
- Clearly defined trading area
- Business and Retail Management with;
- Assistance with merchandising mix and category set up
- Assistance with category adjacencies
- Assistance with post shop fit merchandising layout
- Assistance with utilising store hot spots
- Benchmark reporting and management of store performance
- Store visits by DDS business development managers every six to eight weeks
Your Store Should Meet the Following Criteria to be Considered:
- Store size between 130 SQM to 400 SQM
- Adjacent to support retail shops
- Customer access to parking
- Reasonable attitude towards change
- Not usually suitable for high rental sites such as Westfield centres
Don’t just take our word for it. Contact one of our franchisees about their experiences joining Australia’s most promising pharmacy chain.
- Charles Caris, Moorooka Discount Drug Store (QLD), 0408 089 371
- Damien Lancaster, Grafton Discount Drug Store (NSW), 02 6642 2548
- Hayden Boyle, Tweed Discount Drug Store (NSW), 07 5536 2642
For more information on the Discount Drug Store opportunity, contact:
