Wesfarmers
Wesfarmers expands pilot for InstantScripts
It opened its second “pharmacy health hub” utilising the service in Victoria Wesfarmers Health opened its second InstantScripts Pharmacy Health Hub in Amberly Park, Victoria, last week (28 August 2025). …
Battle of the banners: Who has grown the most in two years?
Australia’s biggest banner groups have been on a mergers and acquisitions spree in the past couple of years, as the industry adjusts following Covid and in the face of increasing …
Wesfarmers cuts Priceline prices, rolls out new stores
Priceline owner Wesfarmers Health has detailed its recent store growth and transformation strategy, aimed at boosting earnings and shareholder returns In the year to May 2025, Wesfarmers Health – which …
Suppliers want competition for Chemist Warehouse
Manufacturers of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) are looking to Wesfarmers to challenge Chemist Warehouse in the community pharmacy sector Suppliers are concerned that Chemist Warehouse’s front-of-shop dominance of Australia’s pharmacy …
Banner group leads the way
Priceline franchise bolsters indifferent Wesfarmers FY result, says finance industry analyst Mike Taylor The Priceline franchise has helped drive Wesfarmers’ Health division to be a stand-out performer for the big …
Wesfarmers loses interest in Ramsay
Merger and acquisition target Ramsay Health Care’s asking price too high for Wesfarmers, as the retail giant walks away API’s owner, Wesfarmers is believed to be the latest prospective buyer …
Priceline joins Wesfarmers’ OnePass program
Wesfarmer’s OnePass membership program to provide Priceline Pharmacy franchisees with “a new set of customers” Priceline Pharmacy is the latest Wesfarmers-owned brand to join the retail conglomerate’s subscription-based OnePass membership …
Priceline sole pharmacy brand in top 100
Wesfarmers-owned banner group slips to 94 in brand rankings Priceline is the lone pharmacy group listed in Brand Finance Australia’s 2024 top 100 rankings, with Ramsay Health Care being the …
Priceline ramps up back office
Hike in staffing as search begins for new technology chief to wrangle cyber threats Priceline has just taken on 36 new employees in a broad number of roles, seemingly with …
CAPS claims InstantScripts win
Advocacy group reports Wesfarmers-owned telehealth provider will default to providing 30-day prescriptions Representatives of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) are claiming that pressure from pharmacists has resulted in …
Wesfarmers to face wrath of CAPS
API customers and Priceline Pharmacy franchisees are being urged to raise InstantScripts concerns with Wesfarmers Pharmacists are being urged to contact API and Priceline Pharmacy business development managers (BDMs) today …
Front-of-store may help alleviate 60-day Priceline pain
But “there definitely will be an impact”; Wesfarmers Health boss Priceline’s strong front-of-store profile offers “opportunities” to take some of the edge off the drop in dispensing income as a …