In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Walgreens acquires 120 Brookshire Grocery pharmacies. Brookshire, based in Tyler, Texas, released a statement today announcing the acquisition, which will impact the retailer’s pharmacies located in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The sale also includes pharmacy customer prescription files and related pharmacy inventory. Most of the pharmacies will operate under the Walgreens name inside Brookshire Grocery locations.
Among other top stories:
- Take a look inside H-E-B’s new Nutty Brown store in Austin
- Schnucks partners to feature athletes on products
- CVS Caremark system issue leaves prescriptions unfilled for hours
- Here’s what grocery executives made in 2022
In other news, at least eight CVS pharmacies in Ohio have been accused of understaffing issues resulting in dangerous conditions for patrons, according to reporting from local publication the Ohio Capital Journal. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy has released a series of reports indicating that CVS staff at the stores are facing desperate issues which include lack of controls over dangerous drugs and month-long wait times, reports the Ohio Capital Journal.
Other top stories:
- Lidl allegedly closing 5 stores across the U.S.
- Albertsons ups its digital circular game with Meta partnership
- 5 things top news: Albertsons top execs eyeing $146M if merger deal happens
- A tour of grocery
