A Message From Alex July 2024
If you’re a regular prescription customer here at Oswald’s, you’ve definitely seen our antique display case of relics from our 149-year history. They include nametags of both my great-grandparents Harold…
If you’re a regular prescription customer here at Oswald’s, you’ve definitely seen our antique display case of relics from our 149-year history. They include nametags of both my great-grandparents Harold…
Grad Season and Summer Fever At the end of May, I attended my son Arlo’s Kindergarten ’Graduation’! His older sister Tillie just finished 2nd grade, no ceremony required. She’ll have…
The last time Oswald’s played Naperville Park District Softball was in the late 80’s early 90’s. My dad, his brother Tres, a handful of Oswald’s employees, and their old friends…
My kids had Spring break at the end of April, like most schools in the area. While the actual ‘Bring Your Kid to Work Day’ is the fourth Thursday in…
Spring is finally here even though it felt like Spring for more than a few days last month! In the last Issue of the Ozzie Gram, I wrote about our…
One of the most important things my dad taught me about running the family business was to connect with peers in the independent pharmacy industry. That way you can learn…
When working on our plans for 2024, I wondered what my great-great-grandpa Louis Oswald was up to back in 1924. While my Grandmother, Grandpa Oswald’s Granddaughter, wasn’t born until 1933,…
Since early November, my kids have had ear infections, RSV, the flu, and upper respiratory tract infections (the image for this blog is them Christmas tree shopping with me… while…
I imagine most of you have seen the news on the walkouts at the chain drugstores at the end of October. Some were calling it ‘Pharmageddon’ – chain pharmacists were…
With one month of the 2023-24 school year behind our belt, we should be bracing for cooler temperatures, right? It sure doesn’t feel that way as I write this! Let’s…
The Oswald’s team recently celebrated our annual summer store party at the end of August! We intended on it being annual, but the first one we held was in 2019……
We had a great Sidewalk Sale this past July, I hope you were able to stop by. If not, we still have plenty of deeply discounted merchandise located in the…