A Message From Alex April 2024
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…
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…
Last month on June 8th Oswald’s expanded to a second location for the first time since 1875! Well not entirely the first time, but we’ll get to that later. I…
In the middle of last year my dad, Bill, and I were interviewed for an HBO documentary about the 1990s Beanie Baby craze. ‘Beanie Mania’ eventually premiered on Christmas Eve…
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Have you even thought about what to get Mom this year? I sure have–our gift buyers brought in some amazing products this year.…