type private founded havana cuba 1940 founder jos navarro sr headquarters medley florida number of locations 28 stores 2008 area served south florida key people steve kaczynski ceo products retail pharmacy photo revenue 350 million owner cvs pharmacy number of employees 80 000 2005 divisions pharmacy department website www.navarro.com navarro discount pharmacies inc. frequently referred to as navarro is a pharmacy chain photo service and pharmacy benefit manager in the united states . the company was acquired by cvs pharmacy in september 2014 and is operated as a separate brand and business of cvs headquartered in miami florida . the company mainly operates in miami dade and broward counties and currently has 28 stores . navarro discount pharmacies has a 17 % market share in south florida ahead of walgreens and cvs pharmacy . 1 the company has more than 2 000 employees and annual sales of more than 350 million . navarro leads the industry in terms of sales per store sales per square foot and prescriptions filled per store . citation needed contents 1 history 1.1 company history 1.2 2007 expansion and acquisition by cvs 2 references 3 external links history edit company history edit in 1940 jos navarro sr. founded navarro discount pharmacies in havana cuba . the first store was located on monte street and had a large client base including the employees of the power company of cuba . years later with the success of the first store navarro opened a second store . citation needed after the political change in cuba in 1961 the government confiscated the navarro stores forcing the family to flee to the united states . upon arriving in miami jos navarro sr. cashed an insurance policy and used the 4000 to open a pharmacy on s.w. 8th street and 13th avenue in what would become the heart of miami s little havana . 2007 expansion and acquisition by cvs edit in 2007 the founding navarro family ceded control of the company to investment firm mbf healthcare partners . in mid 2007 navarro entered into an agreement to combine its operations with sedano s pharmacy . the two formed 31 stores and operate under the navarro brand name . as of 2010 there are a total of 28 stores . . citation needed 2 in 2014 the company was acquired by cvs pharmacy . cvs said it intends to keep the navarro s name and operate the business separately for now . references edit navarro discount pharmacies company description . hoover s inc. retrieved 2008 07 08 . navarro sedano to combine pharmacies . nielsen business media inc. 2007 10 11 . retrieved 2008 07 08 . external links edit official website v t e cvs health subsidiaries cvs pharmacy cvs caremark minuteclinic longs drugs navarro discount pharmacies omnicare predecessors arbor drugs big b drugs eckerd hook s drug stores osco drug peoples drug revco sav on drugs standard drug company target pharmacy key people ward melville related cvs charity classic cvs health charity classic cvs pharmacy lpga challenge melville corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title navarro discount pharmacies & oldid 743550288 categories companies based in miamipharmacies of the united statesretail companies established in 1940hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2009articles with unsourced statements from july 2008articles with unsourced statements from september 2011use dmy dates from december 2010 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 04 35 . 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