In 1921, Leon Koffler began Koffler Drug Stores. In 1941, his son Murray Koffler inherited two drug stores, called "
Koffler's Drugs"; by 1962, Koffler's had grown to a chain of 17 pharmacies, which Murray then renamed "
Shoppers Drug Mart" in the 1970s. During the 1970s, Koffler visited Israel; following this visit, he decided to set up a chain similar to his one in Canada. Co-founded with his son Leon and daughter Theo. The first Super-Pharm pharmacy was opened in the
Neve Amirim neighborhood of
Herzliya,
Israel in 1979. Theo Koffler, co-founder and VP, focused on the cosmetic marketing and strategic operational planning. The drug store was different from pharmacies in the past in that it was open on the
Jewish Sabbath (Saturday), and sold products that were not drugs. Two years later, they opened a second pharmacy in
Jerusalem; 1985 saw the opening of a Super-Pharm branch in the
Ayalon shopping mall, which was their first location in a
shopping mall. In July 2007,
Bank Leumi acquired 18% stake in for 190 million
shekels. This gave Super-Pharm a company value of NIS 1.05 billion
shekels. On 4 January 2011, the trade publication
Chain Drug Review recognized Super-Pharm as the Global Chain Drug Retailer of the Year for 2010. In April 2019, Union Group headed by the Horesh family bought approximately 34% of Super-Pharm from the present investors Leumi Investments, Discount Investments and Leon Koffler. ==Private label==