EXHIBIT 99.12

                        THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) INC.
                 AUTHENTICATION ORDER AND OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE

    Pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, dated as of July 30, 2004, as
supplemented (the "INDENTURE"), among The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., a Quebec,
Canada corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., a Minnesota banking corporation, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), each of
the undersigned officers, in the name of and on behalf of the Company, hereby
directs the Trustee to authenticate $850,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
of the Company's registered 8 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 (the
"EXCHANGE NOTES"), in the form of a Global Note registered in the name of
Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), in the initial
principal amount of $850,000,000 heretofore executed by a proper officer of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee, upon the exchange of the Exchange Notes
for a like principal amount of the Company's unregistered 8 1/2% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2014 (the "OLD NOTES") in accordance with the prospectus,
dated [            ], included as part of the Registration Statement on Forms
F-10, S-4 and F-4 (File No. 333-120787) with respect to the Exchange Notes,
which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on [            ]. The Trustee is hereby
further directed to cancel the Old Notes upon such exchange and to hold all the
Notes represented by such authenticated Exchange Notes as custodian for DTC.
Such Notes shall constitute "Exchange Notes" under the Indenture.

    Pursuant to Section 103 of the Indenture, each of the undersigned officers,
in his capacity as an officer of the Company, further certifies as follows:

        (1) In his opinion, all conditions precedent provided for in the
    Indenture relating to the issuance, authentication and delivery of an
    aggregate of $850,000,000 principal amount of the Exchange Notes under the
    Indenture have been complied with.

        (2) He has read the provisions of the Indenture setting forth conditions
    precedent relating to the issuance, authentication and delivery of the
    Exchange Notes, and other corporate documents and records, and, in his
    opinion, has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
    enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the
    conditions precedent referred to above have been complied with.

    Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Indenture.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Authentication Order
and Officers' Certificate on [            ].

                                                        
                                                       THE JEAN COUTU GROUP (PJC) INC.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

   
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