Fredericksburg.com - He institute a niche: The personal touch

The entrepreneur is so encouraged that he's now exploring where to expand in the Fredericksburg region. Fellow independent pharmacist Stephen May, possessor of Goolrick's Pharmacy in downtown Fredericksburg, attributes his colleague's success to check and their shared approach.

Both men focus on buyer service and provide two other things uncommon in the field: He credited his friend with a good game plan. Dan was smart," May said. He counseled with a lot of people before he went in up there." Singh, who was born in Fresh Jersey to parents who emigrated from India, has been in the pharmacy line approximately 14 years.

He worked for an independent before becoming district boss for a higher chain. In March 2007 he struck absent on his own, establishing Dan's Wellness Drugstore beside North Stafford's leading and heavily traveled corridor of Garrisonville Road. Unlike chain drug stores, Singh's pharmacy doesn't try to be a general-purpose store.

He focuses strictly on health-care products geared toward making humans fresh and keeping them well.

In addition to prescription drugs, the store offers herbal remedies, natural supplements, standard over-the-counter medicines, first-aid products, medical supplies including walkers and braces for ankles, knees and wrists, and a small selection of gluten-free and wheat-free foods.

People who stop in appreciate the personal service he provides, but the biggest challenge has been educating the community. I think a lot of citizens still discharge not know I'm here," Singh said last week. I think some people also don't think I'm a full-service pharmacy, or that I take all insurance plans--but I complete and I am."

Jennifer Colliver of Aquia Harbour came into Dan's Wellness Pharmacy last week after spending the preceding night caring championing a sick daughter. With a Florida trip in the offing, she wanted to ward off the indication she'd begun to feel herself. She asked Singh his suggestions for natural and herbal remedies to help her unaffected system, and went with his suggestion.

I'll examine if it works," she said. What sold Colliver on Singh's service was his help when her 16-month-old son, Rex, was ill. The big thing he did for me was he got a prescription representing my sonny that no one else could get," she said.

Her doctor told her the medicine was available on top of the counter, but she prostrate a few days trade chain pharmacies without success.

When she called Singh, he not one shot found the medicine, he besides determined that it required a prescription, contacted the doctor for her and then filled the prescription. That was huge," Colliver said. I necessitate a good place that will tell me the right things."

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