Our story

We built Prime so pharmacists could own the stores they run

A partnership group of 24 stores across Victoria and Queensland, run on one idea: the people who build a pharmacy should be able to own a piece of it.

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Prime's founders Steven Kastrinakis, John Kardis and Michael Gray, left to right, in one of the group's pharmacies Founders Steven Kastrinakis, John Kardis and Michael Gray

A third option

Most pharmacists have two options. Prime is a third.

Option one

A big chain

The store runs on price and volume.

Option two

Going independent

You carry all the risk yourself.

Prime

A partnership group

We are a group of community pharmacies that share one culture, one support office, and one belief that ownership should be earned and open to anyone who does the work.

The support office

The team behind every store

Each store keeps its own identity. A Priceline runs like a Priceline, and a CDC runs like a CDC.

Behind them sits the support office. HR, finance, training and recruitment for all 24 stores run from here, so a partner can focus on their team and their patients.

Some of these people started behind a counter in one of those stores.

Thirteen members of the Prime support office team standing together The Prime support office

The group

Growing while the market shrinks

Sixty-day dispensing has squeezed independents hard, and the big chains keep scaling on price. We chose a different path: a service model, run by partners, backed by real support. It is working. We have 24 stores today and are ambitious about growing.

For you, that growth is the whole point. Every new store is another manager's job, another partnership opening, another rung for the people already climbing.

24
pharmacies across Victoria & Queensland
2
states, with more stores opening
4
banners under one culture
~360
people, and counting

Ownership as stewardship

We call the way we run it stewardship. A partner is a custodian. They take responsibility for the store's culture, its team, and its long-term health, so the business is stronger for whoever comes next.

We choose partners who think that way.

The proof is on staff

Kavita is the clearest example

Intern, then pharmacist, then manager, now a partner and proprietor. She followed the exact path we have written down for everyone coming up behind her.

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Kavita, a Prime pharmacist and partner, in the dispensary Kavita · intern to partner

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