supermarkets
CWH escapes supermarket code scrutiny
“Families do not complete their weekly food and grocery shopping at Bunnings or Chemist Warehouse,” the review into supermarkets has found The final report of the Independent Review of the …
How should OTC analgesics be displayed?
Should paracetamol and ibuprofen be displayed for sale where children can reach them? What about right next to chocolate bars? One stakeholder weighs in The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of …
Will weight loss drugs eat into supermarkets’ profits?
The skyrocketing demand for weight loss medications like Ozempic could temper shoppers’ appetites at our major supermarkets, Morgan Stanley says The Danish maker of GLP-1 receptor antagonists Ozempic and Wegovy, …
Supermarket calls for CWH code compliance
Woolworths wants a mandatory new Food and Grocery Code of Conduct to apply to discount giant Chemist Warehouse The Interim Report of the Review of the voluntary Food and Grocery …
Why large corporate retailers should stay out of pharmacy: committee
Guild welcomes moves in Queensland to forbid pharmacies being located in supermarkets, and preventing third parties from exercising “inappropriate control” of medicines provision The report into the Pharmacy Business Ownership …
Guild warning on advertising professional services
May 1958; Forbidden by codes of ethics but only one state has disciplinary powers to ensure compliance – as discussions continue for a national scheme The Guild reminded pharmacists that …
CWH’s Tascone takes on Guild – with jelly beans
Disruptor chain director speaks out on location/ownership rules, supermarkets moving into pharmacy…and the jelly bean wars The My Chemist director’s exclusive interview with AJP at the 2023 APP conference covered …
Woolies makes pharmacy move
Supermarket giant Woolworths has announced a rebrand of six pharmacies to match its HealthyLife Pharmacy subsidiary… and the Guild says it’s watching closely On Friday (16 December 2022) Woolworths issued …
‘Communities will die’ if supermarkets wrest control
The Pharmacy Guild has been accused of “moral bankruptcy” over the ownership rules, as Woollies bids on API and the ACCC begins its investigation into the Wesfarmers bid for the …
Lockdown ‘supermarket effect’ hits Swisse
Vitamin sales moving to supermarkets, echoing the experience of competitor Blackmores There has been a shift of more people buying vitamins from supermarkets than pharmacies over the past 12 months, …
Pharmacy partners with Woolies
Sydney-based national online discount chemist SuperPharmacy has announced that it will join the Woolworths’ Everyday Rewards program This means that its customers will be able to earn rewards points under …
Grocery hour for essential health workers
Pharmacists are among the health professionals who will be able to take advantage of a Coles dedicated shopping time slot On Tuesday Coles announced that it is dedicating two Community …