Scots pharmacist opens US-inspired 'soda pop chemist' serving coffee to customers

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chemists ”. TLC Pharmacy, on Kip Park, Inverkip, has a barista and seating, where customers can enjoy a coffee while they wait for their prescriptions.

The idea came to James after he realised customers were using supermarkets to purchase everyday medical items. He said: “Inverkip has a young thriving population and there is no coffee shop.“Soda pop drug stores were popular in the states.“People would pop in for a cherry coke, read the papers, meet friends and just take a breather.

They’d collect their medicines then get on with the rest of their day.“It was a simpler time. We moved into a unit that used to be a restaurant and inherited the coffee machine so we had the idea of stripping out the entire retail side of the pharmacy because.