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Wild Oats Launches 'Healthy Aging' Program 

BOULDER, Colo. -- Wild Oats Markets here is launching a national education program -- Eating Well for Healthy Aging -- to help consumers resolve to age gracefully and healthfully in the New Year. ...

Chain Drug Stores Shrug at $4 Generic Impact 

Chain drug stores Rite Aid and Walgreen in separate earnings calls late last week shrugged off the effects of $4 generic drug programs instituted by Wal-Mart Stores and copied by a number of other mass and grocery merchants in recent months. ...

Village Pantry Gets Prepaid Card Reload Service 

INDIANAPOLIS - Village Pantry, a division of Marsh Supermarkets, has started implementing a service that allows customers to add money to eligible MasterCard or Maestro-branded prepaid cards through the MasterCard rePower Load Network, the supermarket reported last week. ...

Giant Eagle C-Stores Test DVD Kiosks 

PITTSBURGH - Giant Eagle will test DVD rental kiosks from Redbox Automated Retail, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., at five of its Pittsburgh-area GetGo convenience store locations starting this month. ...

Price Chopper Installing DVD Rental Kiosks 

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Price Chopper is installing DVD rental kiosks from Redbox Automated Retail, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., in 28 store locations, Price Chopper reported this week. Many of the new kiosks will be located in stores in the greater capital region of new York, the company said. ...

Retail Pharmacy Facing Medicaid Cuts 

WASHINGTON The retail pharmacy industry is contesting a proposal put forth Monday by the Bush administration to significantly lower Medicaid drug reimbursements. ...

Avalon, Van's Bought in Separate Acquisitions 

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- The natural products industry continued down a path of consolidation yesterday in two high-profile deals. ...

Blackhawk Offers Pro Sports Gift Cards  

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Blackhawk Network, the subsidiary of Safeway that distributes gift card programs to retailers, began selling gift cards issued by the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball this month....

FMI Applauds HRA/FSA Debit Card Decision  

ARLINGTON, Va. - Food Marketing Institute here yesterday applauded a recent Internal Revenue Service ruling that consumers may use Health Reimbursement and Flexible Spending Account debit cards at all supermarkets and mass merchant outlets. ...

Supermarket DVD Kiosk Company Begins Holiday Promotion  

HOUSTON - TNR Entertainment Corp., which owns and operates DVD rental kiosks under the name "The New Release" in supermarkets, is running a month-long holiday promotion that highlights five of the year's most popular films in all of its 1,000 locations, the company said yesterday. ...

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