AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas pharmacists have moved a step closer toward claiming reimbursement for providing education and training to Medicaid patients with diabetes.The Texas Pharmacy Association has reached an agreement...
OMAHA, Neb. -- The pharmacy department at a Hy-Vee unit here held a first-aid demonstration for children and their parents this spring that served to promote the food store as a community-oriented wellness center. The...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Ukrop's Super Markets here is promoting its private-label over-the-counter medications as the Pharmacist's Choice, a new program designed to have pharmacists recommend generic medications."Efficient...
A proliferation of hair-growth products, hair-thickening shampoos and shampoos with frizz control is offering supermarkets higher dollar sales potential in the therapeutic hair category.Supermarkets need to create a...
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- Ingles Markets, based here, was recently honored with the 1996 Retailer of the Year award by McNeil Consumer Products, Fort Washington, Pa., the manufacturers of Tylenol.Ingles was selected for...
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- A Hen House Market here opened last month with an innovative pharmacy concept that it hopes will be distinguishable from the half-dozen other supermarket pharmacies, chain drug stores and mass...
BOCA RATON, FLA. -- A much-touted arthritis remedy will begin shipping to supermarket shelves in mid-May.The remedy, Sundown Glucosamine and Chondroitin, will be marketed over-the-counter by Sundown Vitamins, the...
It's a bright niche at supermarkets.With nearly a 50% jump in sales at grocery stores last year, candles, especially scented ones, are in demand and making money for retailers.The surge in sales is related to other...
Retailers are hoping that sales of Nasalcrom, a new over-the-counter allergy treatment, will be nothing to sneeze at this spring. But they are concerned that the relatively expensive nasal spray might force allergy...
WAYNE, N.J. -- Grand Union Co., based here, expects to add half a dozen new pharmacies in remodeled and new supermarkets this year.The chain presently has 250 supermarkets and 58 pharmacies in New Jersey, New York...
