Nonfoods Archive
Kroger Banners Expand DVD Rental Kiosks in West
HOUSTON -- TNR Entertainment Corp., which owns and operates DVD rental kiosks in a number of supermarkets, said yesterday it will install 174 of the devices in Ralphs, Food 4 Less and Fry's stores in California, Nevada and Arizona. ...
Medicaid Reimbursement Found to Be Below Cost
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Bolstering retail pharmacy advocates, a national study released Friday by the Coalition for Community Pharmacy Action found that the average cost to dispense a prescription in the United States is $10.50, not including the cost of the medication itself. The average dispensing fee paid by government programs, such as Medicaid, reimburses pharmacies on average approximately $4.50, the report said....
HBC Growing; Drug Stores Capturing Largest Share: IRI
NEW YORK -- Although health and beauty care categories have grown by more than $800 million in 2006, vs. $671 million in 2005, the growth of consumer packaged goods in drug stores was at a 4% rate increase, while supermarkets saw a 1.1% rate increase, according to figures from Information Resources Inc., Chicago, revealed at a presentation here this week. ...
Wal-Mart and Others Selling First Ebony Greeting Cards
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores are selling the first series of Ebony Inspirations greetings cards in celebration of Black History Month. ...
Safeway.com Joins Virtual Mall's New Food Court
ORLANDO, Fla. -- CheapBuy Shopping Channels announced yesterday that it has opened a food court (foodcourt.cheapbuychannels.com) to its 1,000-store virtual shopping mall. ...
FDIC Stalls Wal-Mart Bid for Banking Entity
WASHINGTON -- Dealing a blow to the hopes of Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., and Home Depot, Atlanta, to start banking entities, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted here yesterday to continue its moratorium on applications for deposit insurance and change in control notices for industrial loan companies that will be owned by commercial companies. ...
Lund Gets PrairieStone Assets
MINNEAPOLIS -- PrairieStone Pharmacy here, which operates pharmacies in Lunds, Byerly's and an eq-life store, as well as at Best Buy headquarters, all in Minnesota, and in D&W and Family Fare stores in Michigan, has been acquired by Arcadia Resources, Southfield, Mich....
Large Health Care Provider to Run Clinics in Wal-Mart Stores
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- One of the largest health care systems in the country plans to set up nurse-staffed health clinics in as many as six Wal-Mart Supercenters, the Miami Herald has reported....
Target Puts $4 Generic Plan in All Pharmacies
MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. expanded its $4 prescription generic drug program to all of its pharmacies late last week....
Talking Pill Bottles at Connecticut Pharmacy
DERBY, Conn. -- The Griffin Hospital Pharmacy here has launched a talking prescription bottle to assist patients who are visually impaired or have a reading disability. ...
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