After more than 80 years of family ownership, Sioux Falls-based Lewis Drug is becoming part of Sanford Health. The regional chain of drug stores and general merchandise stores has 61 locations across South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota, with about 1,300 employees. “We’ve had some of our best years of our 82 years recently, but I looked in the mirror one day and said ‘It’s time,’” owner, president and CEO Mark Griffin said. Lewis Drug was founded in 1942 by Jesse Lewis and George Frederickson with a first location in downtown Sioux Falls. Griffin’s father, John, bought out Lewis to become a partner in 1946. Mark Griffin has been the sole owner since 1984.
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