Grocery Retailers Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Supercenter retailer Meijer and regional grocer Wegmans Food Markets are mobilizing COVID-19 vaccination programs as they receive state allocations of the vaccine. Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer said yesterday that Michigan has chosen the company as its an initial pharmacy partner to receive and administer coronavirus immunizations via the Federal Retail Pharmacy Partnership Program. Plans call for Meijer pharmacies to provide the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a limited number of stores in Wayne County to people ages 65 and older starting Jan. 18.