November 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Albertsons Cos., Hurricane Harvey, Mark Panzer, Nicholas Potts, ScriptDrop, Success Files
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
COLUMBUS, Ohio — ScriptDrop and Albertsons Cos. will be featured on the educational television series “Success Files” for their efforts to provide patients with their prescription medications following Hurricane Harvey. Plans call for Success Files, hosted by Rob Lowe, to tape the ScriptDrop-Albertsons segment in Houston on Nov. 14 and air it nationally via PBS member
November 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Florida Department of Health, hepatitis A vaccine, Hurricane Harvey, hurricane recovery efforts in Houston, Jeff Schmidt, MinuteClinic, Project Health, Tobias Barker
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has responded to regional crises to help meet the needs of residents in Florida and Houston. In Florida, CVS said this week it’s making the hepatitis A vaccine available to address an outbreak in the state. And in Houston, the company rescheduled its free Project Health screenings in light of
October 23, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons, California wildfires, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Discount Drug Mart, Helena Foulkes, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Kathleen McLaughlin, Kroger, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Walmart, Walmart Foundation
2017, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, News
NEW YORK — Community pharmacy operators continue to respond to an unprecedented string of natural disasters across the United States. CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid Corp., Discount Drug Mart, Albertsons Cos., Kroger Co. and Walmart are among the community pharmacy operators contributing funds and other assistance. The Albertsons Cos. Foundation organized an in-store fund-raiser to
September 25, 2017 by Brian Bossetta and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, H-E-B, Hurricane Harvey, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Market Basket Pharmacies, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Publix, Target Corp., Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — Though Hurricane Harvey has dissipated, it has left many in the Greater Houston area as well as parts of southwestern Louisiana reeling in its aftermath. From initial estimates it appears Harvey’s economic impact will be every bit as staggering as its winds were. Financial analysis firm Moody’s Analytics tallies the costs of
September 5, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
American Red Cross, Danielle Barrera, Don Herring, Hurricane Harvey, Ken Martindale, RediClinic, Rite Aid, Rite Aid Founation, Web Golinkin
Leading Headlines, Retail News
HOUSTON and CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp.’s RediClinic subsidiary has reopened 21 of 22 in-store clinics in the greater Houston area that were closed because of Hurricane Harvey. Though Rite Aid doesn’t have any pharmacies in Texas, RediClinic operates 36 convenient care clinics inside H-E-B supermarkets in Houston, Austin and San Antonio. All
September 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, H-E-B, Hurricane Harvey, mobile pharmacies, Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
HOUSTON — The number of pharmacies that Hurricane Harvey forced to close — at least temporarily — ran into the hundreds late last month as the mammoth storm pounded southeast Texas. Drug chains, mass merchandisers and supermarketers shuttered stores with prescription counters throughout the region as Harvey battered the area with high winds and rain
September 1, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Hurricane Harvey, Walgreens
CDR Blog
Surely jarred by the news images of massive flooding across the Texas Gulf Coast region, Walgreens customers are responding with a growing stream of donations to the American Red Cross relief effort for Hurricane Harvey. Just a day after announcing the donation program at Walgreens and Duane Reade store checkouts on Tuesday, the company reported
September 1, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Chris Smith, Direct Relief, Hurricane Harvey, Jim Marshall, John Hammergren, McKesson, McKesson Foundation, Thomas Tighe, World Vision
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Supplier News
SAN FRANCISCO — McKesson Corp. has boosted its Hurricane Harvey relief donations to more than $300,000 in support of recovery efforts in the inundated Houston area. McKesson and the McKesson Foundation late Thursday announced $100,000 cash donation to nonprofit Direct Relief and $150,000 in-kind donation of medical supplies to World Vision. The two organizations will
August 31, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Christina Barker, Hurricane Harvey, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, video, Walmart, Walmart mobile pharmacy, Walmart pharmacy
Videos
We’re setting up pharmacies at shelters & working to keep pharmacies open. For current closures & openings, visit: https://t.co/PvKV75ffxY. pic.twitter.com/N1wqfMYAED — Walmart (@Walmart) August 30, 2017 Walmart has deployed a mobile pharmacy for Hurricane Harvey evacuees seeking shelter at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Prescriptions placed at the shelter site will be
August 31, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Doug McMillon, Hurricane Harvey, Sylvester Turner, Walmart, Walmart Foundation
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
HOUSTON — In response to the devastation in the Texas Gulf Coast region, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are donating up to $20 million to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Walmart said Wednesda0y evening that its support includes $10 million for American Red Cross shelters and $2 million for the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund at
August 29, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Hurricane Harvey, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — About 200 Walgreens stores in southeastern Texas and Louisiana remain closed due to widespread flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Walgreens said Tuesday that local field leaders and store teams are working to reopen other stores in the region and restore pharmacy services as soon as possible. The company reported that more than
August 28, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, Eileen Howard Boone, H-E-B, Healthcare Ready, Hurricane Harvey, Kroger, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, Rx Open, Walgreens, Walmart
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
HOUSTON — Along with residents, retailers in southeast Texas were pounded by Hurricane Harvey as the storm drenched the region with historical levels of rainfall. The hurricane, which hit the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused massive flooding throughout the region and forced hundreds of pharmacies
August 25, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Hurricane Harvey, Kevin Hourican
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — With Hurricane Harvey set to strike the Texas Gulf Coast, CVS Pharmacy is helping customers be prepared for the storm, including their prescription drug needs. CVS on Friday urged pharmacy patients to check with their local store to make sure they enough medication for the duration of the hurricane. “In light of