Pharmacy

With shoppers already trusting their primary grocery store as an ally in health, pharmacies are another way for retailers to support consumers by enhancing the proposition of total store wellness.

Pharmacy Blog Posts

Grocery Store or Community Center?

Dec 17, 2020
Grocery stores are offering a holistic experience for shoppers—almost a community center approach—by delivering the full spectrum of services from food and supplies to prescriptions from the pharmacist, tips from the registered dietitian, and meal ...

Who Will (or Will Not) Be Sitting at Your Thanksgiving Table?

Oct 28, 2020
As I look at FMI’s most recent U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker, I see that we are not alone with our dilemma. Nearly a third of Americans are planning to do less this Thanksgiving than in previous years (30%). ...

Elevating the Role of the Supermarket Pharmacist During COVID-19

Oct 21, 2020
Throughout the pandemic, FMI has worked closely with federal agencies and Congress to both elevate the critical role of supermarket pharmacists and advocate for our industry’s other essential workers, who together touch the lives of more than 100 ...

Connecting the Wellness Dots in The Grocery Store

Feb 12, 2020
We live in an age of personalization. A shopper looking for Keto meal options and a shopper seeking blood pressure medicine both have the same end goal—a personalized grocery shopping experience that gets them the products they need and want. For ...

What’s In A Brand?

Jan 21, 2020
Life is full of circumstances and situations that prompt us to evaluate our personal brand and make necessary changes, adapting to a new position or setting by shifting our brand. Sometimes these involve small adjustments and sometimes we must ...

Urge Congress to Prohibit Retroactive Pharmacy DIR Fees

Oct 16, 2019
According to the federal government, DIR fees charged to pharmacies have grown by more than 45,000 percent over the past 10 years! And, in an industry that operates on razor-thin profit margins, supermarket pharmacies have virtually no ability to ...
Peter Matz
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Retailer contributions to health wellness 2019

2019 Retailer Contributions to Health and Wellness

The 2019 Retailer Contributions to Health & Wellness report demonstrates how grocery stores are contributing to the health of their customers, including offering nutrition guidance, pharmacy solutions and overall health and wellness resources.