Giant-Landover Offers Discounted Flu Shots

Ahead of flu season, Giant Food LLC has begun providing flu vaccinations at all in-store pharmacies. Most major insurance plans, along with Medicare, are accepted, and no appointment is needed. Customers with a Giant Pharmacy Prescription Savings Card get $10 off the regular price of a flu shot.

Additionally, Landover, Md.-based Giant Food has teamed with several vendors to provide a free coupon book promoting healthy living, worth more than $40, to all customers who receive flu shots, while supplies last. Giant Food pharmacists are also available to hold on-site flu clinics throughout the community.

“As stewards for the nation’s capital grocer, Giant Food associates have maintained their long-standing commitment to supporting the health and wellness of the surrounding communities,” said Gayle Shields, director of pharmacy operations at the Mid-Atlantic regional grocer, a division of Ahold USA. “The seasonal flu shots offered at scores of neighborhood stores in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., exemplifies this promise.”

As well as flu shots, Giant Food is providing no-appointment-necessary adult vaccinations for illnesses such as pneumonia and shingles.The chain’s Northeast regional sister banner, Stop & Shop, has rolled out a similar vaccination program.

Giant Food operates 169 supermarkets and employs about 20,000 associates.