Nonfoods Archive
Retail Pharmacy Wins Preliminary Victory Over Medicaid Cuts
Alexandria, Va. — After filing a lawsuit in November against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS), the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Association of Community Pharmacists, both here, received an initial victory in their legal strategy to prevent Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement cuts. ...
Giant Food Offers Spanish-Language Rx Labels
LANDOVER, Md. — All Giant Food Pharmacies, a banner of Ahold USA, Quincy, Mass., now offer Spanish-language prescription labels and information, the retailer said yesterday....
Lowes Foods Sells Ticketmaster Tickets, Gas
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Lowes Foods here has partnered with Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, Calif., to sell event tickets in 58 Loews stores in North Carolina according to yesterday’s report in the The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. ...
GROOMING PAINS
Men's primping and preening products took a hit this year, but retailers are hopeful for a turnaround in 2008. Body sprays are carrying the category right...
Kroger Adds Retail Partners to Credit Card Rewards Program
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has added a new feature to its Kroger 1-2-3 Rewards MasterCard program — points for purchases made from other retailers....
Study: 35% of ‘Tweens’ Own a Mobile Phone
NEW YORK — A new report, “Kids on the Go: Mobile Usage by U.S. Teens and Tweens,” to be released by Nielsen Mobile, a service of the Nielsen Co., here on Dec. 14, found that 35% of “tweens,” defined as children between the ages of eight and 12, own a mobile phone....
Rx Customer Banned From Kroger
CINCINNATI — Kroger banned pharmacy customer Thomas Stone from its stores “due to the impasse over your use of multiple coupons at many of our pharmacies,” according to a letter Stone provided to the Cincinnati Post late last week....
Shop ’n Save Developing Fuel Sales in Suburban St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — Supervalu’s Shop ’n Save is developing a fuel sales operation on a corner of the St. Ann, Mo., Shop ’n Save property, located in suburban St. Louis, according to the Overland-St. Ann Journal...
Pet Insurance to Lead Market Growth, Study Shows
BILLINGHAM, England — “The Pet Market — Market Assessment 2007” conducted by NEMS Market Research here found that the pet market is forecast to grow slowly over the next five years, with pet insurance predicted to be the best-performing sector to 2011....
Redbox Surpasses Blockbuster in Locations
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — Redbox automated DVD rental kiosks are now in more U.S. retail locations than Blockbuster stores, redbox said yesterday....
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