The entire company was eventually purchased by fellow Midwestern drugstore chain Revco.

In October 1900, pharmacist John A. Hook opened the first Hook's Drug Store in an Indianapolis German community at the corner of South East and Prospect Streets.

A second location opened at the corner of New Jersey and East Washington Streets and Hook added Edward F. Roesch as a partner.

[2] In 1985, The Kroger Company outbid Rite Aid, which had attempted a hostile takeover,[1] and acquired the Hook's chain.

[3] Hooks-SupeRx stores traded under three different names – Hook's Drug and SupeRx in the Midwest and Brooks Pharmacy in New England.