If an antibiotic is just what the doctor orders during the ‘cough-and-cold’ season, your prescription won’t cost you a penny at Wegmans.
The 72-store grocery chain Wegmans announced that effective Wednesday, January 7, 2009, with a Shoppers Club card, there will be no charge for generic oral antibiotic prescriptions during the months when usage peaks: between now and March 31.
“A few months ago we began to lower prices on hundreds of food products in anticipation of lower costs in 2009,” says President Colleen Wegman. “There’s been such a tremendous response, it triggered discussion about other ways we could help customers and employees save.”
The program covers up to a 14-day supply of the generic oral antibiotics listed below. There are no limits on the number of prescriptions that can be filled, and it includes both new prescriptions and refills:
Amoxicillin
Cephalexin
Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
Ciprofloxacin (excluding Ciprofloxacin XR)
Penicillin VK
Ampicillin
Tetracycline
Erythromycin Stearate and Ethylsuccinate
Doxycycline Hyclate (capsules)
“We understand the economic pressures families are facing, including the rising cost of health care, which is something I’m especially concerned about,” says CEO Danny Wegman. “We hope this program will help families better cope with those expenses.”
Wegmans estimates that the program has the potential to save its customers (across all market areas) approximately $1 million.
By Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
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