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Costco sales up 3% to $9 billion for April
ISSAQUAH, Wash. - Costco on Wednesday reported net sales of $9 billion for the month of April, the four weeks ended May 1, 2016, an increase of 3% as compared to the similar period last year.
Rite Aid Foundation donates $100,000 to Hurley Children's Hospital in Flint, Mich.
CAMP HILL, Pa. - The Rite Aid Foundation's KidCents program announced Thursday a $100,000 donation to Hurley Children's Hospital to help address the long-term effects of the Flint water crisis. The donation will support Hurley Children's Hospital's Nutrition Prescription Program and will provide 10,000 fruit and vegetable prescriptions to all pediatric patients 6-months and older.

AmerisourceBergen extends WBA deal by 3 years

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. - AmerisourceBergen on Thursday announced that it has extended the term of its strategic, long-term relationship with Walgreens Boots Alliance for an additional three years.
MinuteClinic opens seven locations in Northern Virginia

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic of CVS Health, has opened new locations inside Target stores in Northern Virginia. The clinics – located in seven stores in Chantilly, Fairfax, Falls Church, Gainesville, Leesburg, Manassas and Sterling – have been rebranded and converted to MinuteClinic.

There are now 31 MinuteClinic locations in Northern Virginia and 52 in the DC Metro area, including clinics in CVS Pharmacy stores.
Walgreens adds New Jersey to list of states where naloxone is available without Rx

DEERFIELD, Ill. - New Jersey is the latest state where Walgreens is making naloxone, an opioid antidote, available without a prescription in accordance with state pharmacy regulations.

Naloxone is now more accessible and easier to obtain in more than 190 Walgreens pharmacies throughout New Jersey.
CVS Health Research Institute: Home infusion both economically and clinically viable

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - A new study by the CVS Health Research Institute found that home infusion care is safe, clinically effective and improves quality of life while reducing health care costs when compared to infusion care delivered in a hospital or clinic.
American Cancer Society, CVS Health embark on 3-year, $3.6 million initiative to create smoke-free campuses

ATLANTA - The American Cancer Society and CVS Health on Wednesday announced a three-year, $3.6 million initiative to provide grants to 125 institutions of higher learning to help accelerate and expand the number of 100% smoke- and tobacco-free college and university campuses throughout the United States.
Walgreens, APhA partner on substance abuse education program

WASHINGTON - Walgreens and the American Pharmacists Association on Tuesday announced a collaboration that expands Walgreens efforts to fight prescription drug abuse. Through this collaboration, the APhA Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies will continue to offer a substance abuse education program for pharmacists and student pharmacists.
Report: Target to institute new rules, penalities for vendors

Target Corp. is getting tough with vendors as it works to improve its supply chain. The retailer plans to tighten deadlines for deliveries to its warehouses, hike fines for late deliveries, and could institute penalties of up to $10,000 for inaccuracies in product information, according to a report by Reuters. The new rules and penalties, detailed in a letter sent to suppliers, will start to take effect at the end of the month and will be rolled out over the next 60-90 days, the report said.
GMA to honor Publix leader with Hall of Achievement Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association has named Ed Crenshaw of Publix Super Markets as the recipient of the GMA Hall of Achievement Award.

The Hall of Achievement Award, GMA’s highest honor, recognizes the service and extraordinary contributions of distinguished food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry leaders. Crenshaw, who retired earlier this year as Publix CEO, will be presented with the award at GMA’s Leadership Forum in July at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.