Giant Eagle to begin providing prescription delivery service in Columbus, Ohio, market

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Giant Eagle is launching a prescription delivery service beginning next week, according to a report published Wednesday in the Columbus Dispatch. 

The initiative is expected to drive prescription growth. "More and more customers [who] think of Giant Eagle as their grocery store, [will] think of Giant Eagle pharmacy as their drug store," Brett Merrell, SVP health and wellness, told the Dispatch. 

Starting Monday, Giant Eagle will deliver prescriptions free within a 10-mile radius of each of its 22 central Ohio groceries with in-store pharmacies.

Kroger provides a similar service in the market, the Dispatch noted.