Health and Wellness Archive
Kroger Matches Wal-Mart’s $10 90-Day Generics Offer
CINCINNATI — Responding to Wal-Mart Stores’ expansion of its generic drug program to include 90-day supplies for $10, the Kroger Co. said yesterday it would match the offer in all of its banners. ...
Safeway's Burd Renews Calls for Health Care Reform
LAS VEGAS — Noting that he had recently met with two of the three remaining presidential candidates to discuss Safeway’s success in lowering health care costs for its employees, Steve Burd, chairman and chief executive officer of Safeway, yesterday reiterated his call for market-based health care reform here during his keynote address at the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2008 trade show....
Pharmacy Speaker: Rx Compliance is Two-Way Street
LAS VEGAS — To improve compliance in patients taking their prescriptions, supermarket pharmacists need to take a greater interest in the person, and engage in more two-way communication, according to a speaker at the FMI Supermarket Pharmacy Conference here yesterday, which is co-located with the FMI Show. ...
NACDS’ Anderson Predicts Defining Age for Health Care
PALM BEACH, Fla. — With health care at the forefront of the national policy debate, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, Va., is poised to continue its proactive course, emphasizing the valuable and essential role pharmacy can play, said Steven Anderson, the association’s president and chief executive officer. ...
GMA Introduces Food Safety Site
WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association here yesterday launched www.keepfoodsafe.org, a new food safety information website for policymakers, the media and consumers....
Free Hispanic Health Fairs Expanding to Texas
LOS ANGELES — Fiesta de la Salud — a series of free health fairs at markets catering to Hispanic consumers — will expand beyond Southern California to Texas this year when the parking-lot event is offered in late July at the new El Paso store operated by Mike Provenzano. ...
Supervalu Eyes Integration of New Organic Line
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here will seek to integrate its new Wild Harvest organic and natural products line with conventional products as much as possible, Adam Graham, brand manager for the private-label line, told SN yesterday....
Jewel-Osco Forms Supply Pact With Illinois Hospice
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Jewel-Osco, which is part of Supervalu here, has signed a contract with Passages Hospice, Elgin, Ill., to expedite the procurement of medications and medical supplies, the companies said this week. ...
Harris Teeter Wants Weight Management Success Stories
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Harris Teeter here is soliciting success stories about its new weight management program. The winner could star in a Harris Teeter commercial or be featured on harristeeter.com....
Martin’s Pharmacies to Conduct Osteoporosis Classes
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Martin’s Super Markets said this week it will conduct a pharmacy-sponsored program, “Know Bones About It!: The Role of Nutrition in Osteoporosis.”...
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