Pharmacy Business

It's Still No Deal for Walgreens, Pharmacists, but Many Are Returning to Work
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Negotiations this week between pharmacists at Chicago-area Walgreens drug stores and the Walgreen Co., based here, failed to result in a new agreement, meaning that the pharmacists' strike, which began July 6, will continue. Despite the strike, a sizable number of pharmacists are back on the job, although the two sides disagree on how many.
Rite Aid to Offer In-Store Nurse Practitioner Services
CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Furthering its focus on health and wellness, drug store retailer Rite Aid Corp. here said yesterday it has signed an agreement with Take Care Health Systems, LLC to open health centers staffed by certified nurse practitioners in 10 Rite Aid stores in the Portland, Ore. market by Nov. 1.

Penn Traffic to Install Pharmacy Management System in 42 Stores.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Northeast regional grocer Penn Traffic Co., based here, will install NDC PharmacyRx, a network-based pharmacy practice management system tailored to community pharmacy, in its 42 stores that feature pharmacies. The system is provided by Atlanta-based NDCHealth.
HEB Recalls Vitamins With Iron

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here is asking consumers to return HEB Super B-Complex vitamins with iron and 300 milligrams of vitamin C that were purchased at its stores from December 2003 through April 2005, because they don't have child-resistant packaging as required by federal law.
Hy-Vee Changes Drug Town Banner to Own Brand

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Over the course of the next few months, Hy-Vee, Inc. will change the name of its 26-store Drug Town subsidiary to Hy-Vee Drugstores, a move that company officials say will better reflects the relationship between the retailer's two formats.
Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens Added to ScriptSave's Nationwide Pharmacy Network

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart, and drug store chains CVS and Walgreens, are new members of the ScriptSave pharmacy network.
Stater Bros. to Open 161st Full-Service Supermarket, in Fontana, Calif

COLTON, CALIF.-- Stater Bros. will open its latest full-service supermarket at the Falcon Ridge Town Center in Fontana, Calif. tomorrow.
Target First to Stash All Pseudoephedrine Behind Pharmacy Counter

MINNEAPOLIS, -- Target today said it will place all products containing pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in the manufacturing of the illegal drug methamphetamine, behind its pharmacy counters. In stores where there is no pharmacy, products containing pseudoephedrine will not be sold, the chain said.
NONFOODS: Breaking into pharmacy

Anyone can open a pharmacy in a supermarket, but it's the quality of service provided to customers that will make or break it.
NONFOODS: Breaking into pharmacy

Anyone can open a pharmacy in a supermarket, but it's the quality of service provided to customers that will make or break it.

It's Still No Deal for Walgreens, Pharmacists, but Many Are Returning to Work

Rite Aid to Offer In-Store Nurse Practitioner Services

Penn Traffic to Install Pharmacy Management System in 42 Stores.

HEB Recalls Vitamins With Iron

Hy-Vee Changes Drug Town Banner to Own Brand

Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens Added to ScriptSave's Nationwide Pharmacy Network

Stater Bros. to Open 161st Full-Service Supermarket, in Fontana, Calif

Target First to Stash All Pseudoephedrine Behind Pharmacy Counter

NONFOODS: Breaking into pharmacy

NONFOODS: Breaking into pharmacy