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When it comes to beauty care, supermarkets are expected to carry the latest and greatest without confusing shoppers. But the latest in the category has been flanked by two distinct if not contradictory product approaches the natural and the...
WASHINGTON Retail pharmacy associations spoke out last week opposing the Medicaid generic drug reimbursement formula, released on July 6 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore. The new payment formula uses the Average...
EPA FINES SAFEWAY FOR UNREGISTERED PRODUCTS SAN FRANCISCO The Environmental Protection Agency here fined Safeway $675,000 for allegedly selling unregistered household cleaning products with misleading labels. The items included toilet bowl...
Even though chains like Burger King are announcing plans to eliminate trans fats from their quick-service menus, many consumers still don’t think the food-service industry is providing them with enough healthful options.
The American Medical Association is asking authorities to investigate in-store clinics for conflicts of interest that could lead to poor quality of care. Many member physicians urged the association to ban or slow the growth of retail clinics...
EAST AND WEST, SUPERMARKETS OPEN HEALTH CLINICS Rosauers Supermarkets and a Neptune, N.J., ShopRite store, which is part of the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative based in Elizabeth, N.Y., have opened in-store convenient care clinics. The ShopRite...
The leaders of two congressional committees have asked Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway to defend the practice of selling meat in low-oxygen modified atmosphere packaging containing carbon monoxide, a gas that retards spoilage and causes meats...