Navarro Discount Pharmacy opens in Pembroke Pines | Video

Pembroke Pines residents stood in line in the rain this morning while they waited for the new Navarro Discount Pharmacy store to open in the Westfork Plaza.

The new 16,000-square-foot store, located at 15825 Pines Blvd., is the companys first location to open in Broward County since the closure of a previous store more than three years ago.

They have products that Walgreens and CVS doesnt have, said Migdalia Prater, a longtime Navarro Discount Pharmacy shopper. Opening a store here was the best idea.

Prater said she would drive nearly a half hour south to Hialeah to shop at the Navarro store there once the former Pembroke Pines store closed.

They have the best Spanish products that no one else has, she said. And the prices are always good.

Each store sells pharmacy supplies, personal care and household products, limited grocery selections, some electronics and fragrances. Navarro Discount Pharmacy stores also offer photo processing services and sells cellphones from a select few major service providers.

The pharmacy also sells its own private label brand called Vida Mia inside the Pembroke Pines store. Vida Mia product information is listed in English and Spanish on labels.

Theres a sense of home and tradition inside our stores, said Navarro Discount Pharmacy CEO, Juan Ortiz. We like to make people feel comfortable to shop at our stores and for them to get to know the staff that works there.

The company closed four stores, one in Broward County and three in Miami-Dade in 2008 and 2009 because of the economy, Ortiz said.

Weve always had a good client base in Broward, he said. Were happy to be growing again.

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Navarro Discount Pharmacy opens in Pembroke Pines | Video