Hampshire Pharmacy PROMOTING HEALTH WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH
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arag and Rupal Maniar are bringing a holistic, personalized approach on health to the Hampshire area. Hampshire Pharmacy is celebrating 10 years of serving the local area. The pharmacy opened in 2011 on Oak Knoll Drive. They have been at 262 North State Street since 2014, and they truly enjoy serving their Hampshire area clients. “You get to know your patients and they become like family,” Rupal said. “I don’t see us going anywhere. This is it.” Both Parag and Rupal, husband and wife, and owners of the pharmacy, previously worked as pharmacists at retail chains until Parag was ready to take on something new. He would
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By: Jessi Haish LaRue drive around, taking backroads to work, Rupal said, when he realized Hampshire did not have a pharmacy. They decided to open their own pharmacy and they’ve been serving the local community ever since. They strive for excellent customer service by offering personal consultation and delivery, something that would be hard to find at a bigger location. “It’s a completely different environment,” Rupal said. “You get stressed at the chains. It’s all about numbers, volume, you don’t know your patients … Everybody that comes in here, you know them. You know how many kids they have, if they have grandkids, you know about their pets.”
