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New Giant Pharmacy Program Offers Relief for Your Family and Your Wallet

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 General News
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LANDOVER, Md., June 24 Americans are experiencing risingprices on many essentials, including the medications they need. In fact,prescription drugs represent one of the fastest-growing medical expenses.From 1990 to 2005, spending on prescription drugs increased from $40.3 billionto $200.7 billion, according to a recent report published by the Kaiser FamilyFoundation.
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To help, Giant is introducing a new way for families, seniors and othersto save on prescription medications. Giant Pharmacy's new generic drugprogram enables consumers to purchase 350 of the most commonly prescribedgeneric medications for just $9.99 for up to a 90-day supply.
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"By taking advantage of our new generic drug program, families can savemore money on the medications they need," said Andrea Astrachan, ConsumerAdvisor for Giant Food. "They can also conveniently have prescriptions filledwhile they do their grocery shopping, saving time and money."

Giant Pharmacy's new generic drug program is effective beginning June 6,2008. For more information, including a list of generic medications includedin this new program, visit http://www.giantfood.com/locator/?linkid=105.

Giant customers also can save more on non-prescription medications withnew lower prices everyday on health and beauty care non-prescription items atGiant. Last month Giant announced that it had lowered prices on more than5,000 health and beauty care items customers use every day. Astrachan furthercommented, "We've listened to our customers, we know these are products theyuse every day, and we've lowered our prices on these items so they won't haveto go elsewhere to get a great deal."

About Giant Supermarkets

Giant Food LLC, headquartered in Landover, MD, operates 184 supermarketsin Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, and employsapproximately 21,000 associates. Included within the 184 stores are 165full-service pharmacies. For more on Giant, visit http://www.giantfood.com.

SOURCE Giant Food LLC
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