Pharmacy Business

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lunds and Byerly's are among the first stores to sell genetic assessment kits directly to consumers through retail pharmacies.

COLTON, Calif. -- Growing regional supermarket operator Stater Bros. here has added a new notch on its belt, by acquiring 15 of the Super Rx pharmacies currently located in its stores.

CARTERET, N.J. -- Northeast supermarket chain Pathmark Stores, Inc. here said yesterday that it has hired Jim Finocchi as v.p. of pharmacy operations. Finocchi comes to the company after serving 19 years in a similar capacity with the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. ¿ The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) here said it has made several organizational changes to help the trade group focus as it faces new challenges and issues within the industry.

SALEM, Ore. -- The final piece of the puzzle for the Oregon Legislature's bi-partisan attack on the state's methamphetamine epidemic passed the Oregon senate Saturday and will soon be on its way to the state's governor.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A U.S. bankruptcy judge yesterday approved Winn-Dixie's sale of prescription records to 10 different companies, supplying the retailer with about $16.5 million on the second day of a series of hearings that ends today. The sale of 11 supermarket leases was also approved earlier in the day, with more leases expected to be approved today. On Wednesday the judge approved Winn-Dixie's sale of 15 leases for $18 million.

FULLERTON, Calif. -- To commemorate its 60th anniversary, Albertson's pharmacy banner Sav-on Drugs and its associates have pledged to donate $60,000 and 60,000 volunteer hours to non-profit organizations in the communities it serves.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Leading drugstore chain Walgreens issued a statement yesterday welcoming all its Chicago-area staff pharmacists back to work, after a strike that lasted less than a month.