Wellness

WASHINGTON -- The Board of Trustees of the Food Employees Labor Relations Association (FELRA) & United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Health and Welfare Fund this week chose Health Dialog Services Corp. to provide 36,000 UFCW members and their dependents access to whole-person care management services.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc.'s Washington division raised $698,745 through fundraising campaigns held during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this past October.

CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp., based here, said yesterday it has launched a vitamin initiative in its stores nationwide, with the goal of helping customers interpret the staggering amount of information about vitamins now available, and make sure patients are taking the appropriate vitamins, depending on their health needs.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores' Family Fare division made a $1,500 donation to Catherine's Care Center, a community-based health center here dedicated to wellness and preventative care for the area's working poor.

Retail/wholesale grocers and foodservice distributors experienced a 12 percent increase in healthcare costs over the last two years and they expect costs to rise another 14.5 percent in 2001, according to a new survey.