Safeway Launches Generic Prescription Drug Discount Program In Eastern U.S.

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Article Date: 13 Jun 2008 - 7:00 PDT

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Safeway on Wednesday launched a generic prescription drug discount program at stores in the eastern U.S. and the Chicago area, according to company spokesperson Greg TenEyck, the Washington Post reports. Under the program, Safeway stores in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and the Chicago area will offer prescriptions of hundreds of generic medications for $4. The announcement of the program comes two years after Wal-Mart Stores and Target launched similar programs. TenEyck said that the company tested the program in Houston and Dallas in March (Mui, Washington Post, 6/11).

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