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Supervalu gets ACHC specialty pharmacy accreditation
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Supervalu’s specialty pharmacy division ahs been accredited by the Accreditation Commmission for Health Care, the company announced Thursday. Supervalu Pharmacies Specialty Services is a single pharmacy providing patients with ongoing services for complex treatments to such diseases as osteoporosis, cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Family Dollar to host Open Buy Day for household, HBC, GM, food and pet suppliers
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Family Dollar, in an effort to meet new potential branded and private-brand suppliers, is holding two Open Buy Days at its headquarters here in October. The first segment of the Open Buy Day, for household cleaning, paper, general merchandise and health and beauty care, will be held Oct. 19. The second segment will follow this on Oct. 26 for the food, beverage and pet categories.

Kroger and Walmart join IBM-led food pedigree consortium
CVS Pharmacy encourages patients to prepare for Hurricane Harvey

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — With Hurrican Harvey bearing down on the Texas coast, CVS Pharmacy is encouraging patients to prepare for the storm by taking care of their prescription needs before it makes landfall.
Albertsons uses flu shot to increase awareness around other available vaccinations

BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons pharmacies have annual flu vaccinations in stock and are reminding customers that while they are getting vaccinated, it's a great time to review their immunization records and talk to their pharmacist about other health concerns, too.
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart each ace Disability Equality Index

WASHINGTON — CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart each received a perfect score of 100% on the 2017 Disability Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to disability inclusion and workplace equality, administered by the U.S. Business Leadership Network and American Association of People with Disabilities.
CVS Health’s Accordant gets NCQA disease management accreditation for 18 conditions

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health company Accordant has received NCQA Patient and Practitioner Oriented Disease Management Accreditation, the company announced Wednesday. The disease management accreditation was given for a number of Accordant’s programs providing services to patients with rare chronic disease and other conditions on behalf of health plans, government-sponsored plans, labor groups, employers and third-party administrators, and covers 18 conditions, including epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, HIV, Crohn’s disease and others.
Boots UK partners with IRI

NOTTINGHAM, England — Boots UK announced Wednesday that it has partnered with IRI to develop and operate a range of world-class customer insight tools for its product brands.
Dollar General opens 14,000th store

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — A discount chain has reached a new milestone. Dollar General on Wednesday announced the opening of it 14,000th store, located in Dauphin, Pa., which it marked with a grand opening celebration.
FTC clears Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition

The biggest retail deal of 2017 has just been cleared by the Federal Trade Commission.

On Wednesday morning, shareholders of Whole Foods Market voted to approve the natural grocer's $13.7 billion acquisition by Amazon. In the late afternoon, the FTC gave the green light to the deal.