please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message lloydspharmacy limited type subsidiary industry pharmaceuticals founder allen lloyd headquarters uk services pharmacy number of employees 17 000 parent celesio ag website www.lloydspharmacy.com lloydspharmacy is a british pharmacy company with more than 1 500 pharmacies . it has around 17 000 staff and dispenses over 150 million prescription items annually . it is owned by the german company celesio formerly gehe ag which is in turn owned by the american mckesson corporation . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links overview edit the company is headquartered at sapphire court in the walsgrave triangle business park in coventry england . it was purchased by celesio ag in 1997 and was merged with celesio s existing uk subsidiary aah pharmaceuticals hills pharmacy network to form a network of 1300 pharmacies . celesio has since begun to roll out the lloydspharmacy brand across its 2 200 european pharmacies . these pharmacies include a health bar with interactive touch screens consulting rooms and additional health advice . a close association with diabetes uk has developed due to lloydspharmacy completing more than 2 million free in pharmacy diabetes tests so far in the uk . lloydspharmacy used to broadcast a live radio station lloydspharmacy live within its stores ; presenters included ex bbc radio broadcaster bruno brookes . this radio station was shut down on 29 february 2012 to cut costs . history edit lloyds pharmacy garforth yorkshire 2014 lloyds chemist began in 1973 when allen lloyd purchased his first pharmacy in polesworth warwickshire england uk . it is estimated he made a 32 million fortune from the lloydspharmacy empire . in november 2013 the daily telegraph reported that the prices of more than 20 000 drugs could have been artificially inflated with backhanders paid to chemists who agreed to sell them . in particular it was alleged that lloyds was charging the nhs 89.50 for packets of cod liver oil when other suppliers could provide it for 3.15 . nhs protect had mounted an investigation . 1 in december 2013 it was involved in a case where quantum pharmaceutical was fined more than 380 000 by the office of fair trading over a cartel arrangement in which it carved up some of a multimillion pound market in prescription drugs for care homes with lloyds pharmacy . 2 lloyds brought the case to the attention of the oft so is not expected to pay a fine . in july 2015 lloyd s announced the purchase of all 281 sainsbury s pharmacies for 125 million 3 in a deal that will transfer all 2500 sainsbury s pharmacy employees to the company . in december 2015 the sale was referred to the competition and markets authority for investigation with findings to be announced in june 2016 . 4 see also edit list of pharmacies references edit telegraph drug price investigation summary . daily telegraph . 4 november 2013 . retrieved 13 december 2013 . drug firm fined for care homes cartel . health service journal . 13 december 2013 . retrieved 13 december 2013 . sainsbury s sells pharmacy business to rival lloydspharmacy . daily telegraph . 2015 07 29 . retrieved 2015 10 07 . hazel sheffield 29 december 2015 . sainsbury s pharmacy sale to face anti competition investigation . the independent . retrieved 30 december 2015 . wikimedia commons has media related to lloyds pharmacy . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lloydspharmacy & oldid 729065654 categories pharmacies of the united kingdompharmacy brands1973 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies established in 1973hidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2015all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from july 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 9 july 2016 at 16 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view