Stop & Shop, Giant-Carlisle offer pet medications

QUINCY, Mass. — Two supermarket chains owned by Royal Ahold are dispensing prescription pet drugs at their stores, they said Wednesday.



Stop & Shop announced Wednesday a new pet medications program, which it is offering under a partnership with pet pharmacy PetCareRx. The program includes three popular prescription drugs for pets that had previously only been available from veterinarians and online vet pharmacy providers, including Heartguard Plus, Rimadyl and Frontline Plus. If customers can't fill drugs at a local store, the pharmacist will work with PetCareRx to fill and ship the drug directly to their home address within two or three days.



Another Ahold chain, Giant-Carlisle, is offering a similar program, also under a partnership with PetCareRx.



"At Stop & Shop, we recognize that pets are members of the family, and their health and well-being are of great importance to our customers," Stop & Shop New England division public and community relations manager Suzi Robinson said. "We're pleased to offer this great convenience for shoppers to pick up prescriptions for their pets when they pick up prescriptions for others in their family."

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