Company Fact Sheet
The Bartell Drug Company
Seattle, Washington
At-A-Glance
Company name: The Bartell Drug Co. (commonly referred to as Bartell Drugs or Bartells)
Date Founded: 1890
Number of stores/Operating area: 58 stores located in Washington (King, Snohomish and Pierce counties)
Ownership: Privately owned and operated by the Bartell family of Seattle, Washington. George D. Bartell, Chairman and CEO; Jean Bartell Barber, Vice-Chairman and CFO.
Employees: 1,700 Employee Associates, all located in the Puget Sound region.
Notable: The company has only had three presidents, all members of the Bartell family, spanning three centuries of operation.
Website: Bartell Drugs (www.bartelldrugs.com) introduces a completely redesigned website in January 2012. The easy-to-navigate site offers health & wellness resources, express prescription refills, digital photo orders, current sale and coupon offers, social media sharing and community involvement and store locator assistance.
Media Contacts: Theron Andrews, V.P. of Marketing, Bartell Drugs, 206.763.2626
Barry Bartlett, Bartlett Group Public Relations, 206.335.4694, barry@bartlettgrouppr.com
