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CVS/Pharmacy Adds Benefits to Loyalty Program 

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS/pharmacy this week added benefits to its ExtraCare loyalty card program, including the introduction of "Extra Bucks Now." ...

Survey Ranks Supermarket Pharmacies for Customer Satisfaction 

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Publix, Wegmans and Safeway were the highest-ranking supermarkets in a study of customer satisfaction at retail pharmacy released yesterday by J.D. Power and Associates here. ...

Meijer Using Text Messaging for Gas Prices 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer here is expanding a program to text message customers when gas prices are about to rise, giving them three to four hours to fill up at the cheaper price. ...

H-E-B Giving Away Fluorescent Light Bulbs 

SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here, along with other retailers in central Texas counties, has launched a program to encourage residents to practice energy efficiency. ...

FDA Facing Lawsuit Over Plan B 

WASHINGTON -- Emergency contraceptive Plan B is again at the center of controversy. ...

Wal-Mart to Step Up Roll Out of In-Store Clinics 

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., is ready to move beyond the test phase with in-store medical clinics and roll them out more quickly, said Alicia Ledlie, senior director of Health Business Development for the retailer. ...

Weis Markets to Add Clinics as it Expands 

SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets plans to add in-store health care clinics as it invests in store construction for 2007, vice chairman Jonathan Weis said at the company's annual shareholder meeting held here late last week. ...

CVS Gets Easier-to-Read Rx Labels 

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS/pharmacy has completed a national rollout of its new EasyRead prescription labels, the company reported yesterday. ...

FTC: Retailers Enforce Ratings Better for Games Than DVDs 

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission's latest report to Congress on the movie, music and video-game industries' self-regulatory programs and marketing of violent entertainment products to children found "significant improvement by video-game retailers, particularly in national retail chains, but little or no improvement by movie theaters, or DVD and music retailers," the FTC reported yesterday. ...

H-E-B to Expand In-Store Clinics With Help of Health Care Provider 

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Five Houston-area H.E. Butt Grocery Co. stores will be opening RediClinic in-store medical clinics in May, with another three planned for the fall, reported RediClinic, Houston. ...

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