Dollar General Corp. has upped the ante in its battle to acquire Family Dollar Stores Inc. by making a hostile bid for the rival chain. Dollar General said Wednesday that has begun a tender offer to buy all outstanding shares of Family Dollar for $80 per share in cash. Totaling about $9.1
Walgreen Co. has teamed up with the United Nations Foundation to launch "Get a Shot. Give a Shot," a campaign to provide life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries. Walgreens said that the campaign, now in its second year, is being extended to become a year-round initiative.
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Congressional legislation that would expand pharmacists’ health care role — H.R. 4190, known as the provider status bill — has attained 100 co-sponsors. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores said Tuesday that Reps. Renee Ellmers (R., N.C.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas), Hank Johnson (D.
The National Community Pharmacists Association welcomed the Drug Enforcement Administration’s publication of its final regulation on disposal of controlled substances, but the trade group noted that the rule calls for further examination.
Walmart aims to make Neighborhood Market the banner for all of its small-format stores. Plans call for Walmart Express stores to be rebranded as Walmart Neighborhood Markets. A Walmart spokesman confirmed the plan on Tuesday.
Walgreen Co. has named activist investor Barry Rosenstein, founder and managing partner of hedge fund JANA Partners LLC, to its board of directors.
CVS Health has wrapped up its acquisition of Hispanic-owned regional drug chain Navarro Discount Pharmacy. CVS reiterated on Monday that the chain’s 33 stores, located in the Miami area, will keep the Navarro banner.
Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) is introducing meat and produce in selected stores. The Canadian drug chain, acquired this year by Loblaw Cos., is piloting sales of food including cuts of meat, fruit and vegetables, as well as such prepared food as sushi and salads.
Fruth Pharmacy recently hosted a gathering of 18 regional drug chains and 28 of their vendor partners for the annual convention of the Southern Drug Stores Association. Fruth Pharmacy’s Mark Madore and Lynne Fruth with Zitomer/Thriftway’s Lon Rubackin and Sharon Sternheim.
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy is unveiling a new retail banner with the opening its 26th location in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. The Queen Anne store will feature Pharmaca’s Natural Beauty Bar.
To help prepare you and your family for the upcoming
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Continuing its successful program, Walgreen Co. is offering more than $10 million of free flu shot vouchers to people who lack health insurance coverage and cannot afford a flu shot on their own. Walgreens said Friday that for the program, now in its fifth straight year, the U.S.
Family Dollar Stores Inc. has rejected an enhanced acquisition bid by Dollar General Corp. made earlier this week. Family Dollar said Friday that it turned down Dollar General’s $80-per-share acquisition proposal on Sept. 2, valued at $9.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to assist consumers newly enrolled in plans bought via the health insurance exchanges as they access their prescription drug benefits.
