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Target stores get COVID-19 vaccines via CVS pharmacies

More than 600 locations begin providing shots in 17 states

Russell Redman

March 10, 2021

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More than 1,700 of Target's nearly 1,900 stores house CVS Pharmacy departments.Target

Target Corp. is making about a third of its stores COVID-19 vaccination destinations through its partnership with CVS Pharmacy.

Target said Wednesday that more than 600 of its 1,700-plus stores with CVS Pharmacy departments have begun administering coronavirus shots in 17 states. Eligible customers and employees can schedule appointments at CVS.com to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS Pharmacy at Target location, based on availability. Those getting a shot will be able to schedule their first and second doses (the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines require two inoculations).

The COVID immunization rollout “marks the first significant number of vaccinations” that CVS is providing to Target customers, according to Target.

“With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more widely available, Target is continuing to support our team and communities during the pandemic by partnering with 600-plus CVS locations within Target stores to offer vaccines to eligible guests and team members,” Target stated. “Target already supports CVS-administered vaccinations each year for the flu, shingles and pneumonia, and we’ll continue to partner closely as they administer the [coronavirus] vaccine while following state and federal guidelines. We’re also making fitting rooms available to CVS at select stores to host appointments.”

Related:Target offers COVID-19 vaccine incentives to hourly workers

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Target customers and employees schedule COVID vaccinations through the CVS website.

 

Target added that it will continue to work with CVS to provide vaccines to shoppers and associates. The Minneapolis-based discount store chain said it also will support public vaccine education initiatives, such as the newly launched Health Action Alliance and the new campaign by the Ad Council, which focuses on “reaching communities of color hit particularly hard during the pandemic.”

To encourage employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Target has provided incentives. In February, the company said hourly frontline employees receiving coronavirus shots will receive up to four hours of pay (two hours for each dose) and can get free Lyft rides to and from their vaccine appointments, covering up to $15 each way. Target’s Shipt same-day delivery subsidiary also launched the Vaccine Payment Program, which allows its personal shoppers to apply for up to $50 in stipends for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. 

In October, Birmingham, Ala.-based Shipt also began offering all of its active personal shoppers free flu shots via CVS Pharmacy locations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that Americans get vaccinated for flu to avoid becoming at increased risk for coronavirus and to help ease the burden on already overstretched hospital staff.

Related:Target unveils Favorite Day indulgent food brand

Overall, Target operates 1,897 stores across all 50 states. Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health acquired Target’s pharmacy and in-store clinic business in 2015, rebranding them as CVS Pharmacy locations.

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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