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  • Raley's Pharmacist Strike May Be Back On

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A pharmacists' walkout that looked to be averted last month by Raley's Supermarkets could still happen as the pharmacists' union has failed to ratify a new contract, according to a report in today's Sacramento Bee.

  • Wegmans Cancels Flu Shots

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. - For the first winter since 1995 Wegmans will not be offering flu shots in the majority of its stores. It will continue the service in Buffalo area outlets.

  • Supermarket NONFOODS Business: Hanging together

    Pharmacist factions are putting aside their differences to confront federal and state governments as the controversy over prescription costs widens.

  • Raley's, Pharmacists Union Reach Pact

    WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Negotiators for Raley's and its pharmacists union reached a tentative four-year pact over the weekend, The Record in Stockton, Calif. reports.

  • Raley's Averts Pharmacist Strike

    STOCKTON, Calif. - Fifty-nine Raley's supermarkets in Northern California averted a shutdown of their pharmacy operations yesterday when the chain called the pharmacists' union back to the negotiating table, according to a report in The Stockton Record.

  • FMI Study: Pharmacies Are Key Component of Supermarket Service Strategy

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than half of supermarket operators say that pharmacy operations are a very important part of their business strategy, and nearly 70 percent say that it will be an important component by 2004, according to a new FMI report.

  • Retailers Consider Bailing Out of Medicaid Programs

    NEW YORK - No. 1 drug chain Walgreen Co. on Thursday became the latest retailer to say it may have to pull out of a state Medicaid program because of cutbacks in reimbursements, Reuters reports.

  • Pharmacists' Strike Averted at Pathmark

    NEW YORK - Pathmark narrowly avoided a walkout by some 800 pharmacists and technicians with a last-minute contract agreement, reported the New York Times.
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