Rolling out diabetes center, app

In line with industry trends, Wakefern’s Shop-Rite continues to sharpen its focus on health and wellness. Among the most recent developments is a Diabetes Center at its Flemington, N.J., location that was developed in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson. The Flemington ShopRite marks the first location to feature the center, but the company plans to implement it in additional stores in the near future.

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With the new Diabetes Center, Wakefern’s ShopRite and J&J are striving to care for the customer as a whole, with a focus on reinforcing all aspects of diabetic care from monitoring and nutrition management to medication, education and total body care, Kimberly Gallene, category manager in HBC, and Natalie Menza, manager of health and wellness at Wakefern, recently told Drug Store News.



Opened on Feb. 25, the Diabetes Center includes more than 100 items across seven categories, including pharmacy. It is strategically located next to the pharmacy and the dietitian’s office so that store health professionals are easily accessible to answer specific questions that customers may have.



In addition to products, the destination delivers education in the form of signage, brochures and an onsite tablet that links directly to the ShopRite.com/diabetes Web page for additional information.



Customers also can benefit from ShopRite’s in-store dietitian’s free services to help manage their dietary restrictions. ShopRite dietitians offer one-on-one consultation, as well as group workshops and seminars on many health-related topics.



In pharmacy, ShopRite is promoting its new pharmacy app to help patients manage their prescriptions through their iPhone, iPad or Android device. The free app enables users to refill prescriptions, view prescription profiles, transfer a prescription, get drug information and find the nearest ShopRite pharmacy.