Amcal

Amcal Limited
Company type
Subsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded13 July 1937; 88 years ago (1937-07-13)
FounderMajor General C. H. Simpson
Area served
Australia
ProductsPharmacy
ParentSigma Healthcare
Websiteamcal.com.au

Allied Master Chemists of Australia Limited (Amcal) is an Australian pharmacy retailer. It was founded by Major General C. H. Simpson on 13 July 1937, in a move that greatly influenced the pharmacy industry in Australia.[1] The founding group consisted of 11 pharmacists.

The launch of Amcal to consumers included personal letters to each household, window posters, the give-away of a tablet of soap, and a brochure entitled "Why this is an Amcal Pharmacy".

Australia

Originally, Amcal was a cooperative buying group, owned by its members, who all had shares in the Amcal group. Amcal demutualised when Sigma Pharmaceuticals bought out the members' shares in 2000, with the lure of more money and better centralised marketing. It is still a marketing group, but a franchise division of Amcal, called Amcal Max, is now marketing under a more competitive and compliant model.[vague] Between 2016 and 2017, some Amcal pharmacies were converted to Terry White Chemmarts. There are now 223 Amcal pharmacies in Australia.[2]

In September 2022, Sigma announced that it would phase out its Guardian pharmacy brand, with franchisees encouraged to join the Amcal brand by the end of 2023.[3] Following Sigma Healthcare's merger with the Chemist Warehouse Group, Sigma began rebranding more than 20 My Chemist stores to the Amcal brand in March 2025.[4]

New Zealand

In New Zealand, Amcal was a pharmacy franchise. Amcal's marketing was managed by the owner of Amcal New Zealand, Pharmacybrands, a division of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries. The chain was re-branded as Unichem in 2015.

Loyalty program

Amcal's loyalty program, Amcal Rewards, has over 2.4 million members, making it one of the largest retail loyalty programs in Australia.

References

  1. ^ "Amcal Max Shearwater | RetailTimes.net". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Amcal Store Locator". Amcal. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ "End of the road for Sigma's Guardian". Pharmacy Daily. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ^ Stowe, Sarah (27 March 2025). "My Chemist Chadstone converts to Amcal, kickstarts 20+ store rebrand". Franchise Executives. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

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