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  • Costco

    A Guide to Costco Pharmacy’s Mail Order Program

    Going to the drugstore to pick up prescriptions can be a hassle. There’s usually a line, and if you don’t make it during certain hours, you’re out of luck. So how do you make things a little easier for yourself?…

  • Fairfax: People with shopping carts filled with groceries goods, products walking out of Costco store in Virginia in parking car lot

    Costco Superfans Reveal the Retailer’s ‘Best Deals’

    While most retailers tack on 25-50% extra on products to make a profit, Costco keeps its markups lower than 15%, ensuring that its members pay low prices. And some deals are even better. Here are Costco’s “best deals,” according to…

  • Mary LaRocca offers a sample of Libby's Vienna Sausage in a Costco Wholesale store March 8, 2002 in Niles, IL

    Here’s What It’s Like To Be a Costco Sampler

    Beyond boosting sales as high as 2,000%, grocery store samples can turn shopping into a fun, food-filled pastime. That’s certainly the case at Costco, where sampling is part of the warehouse store’s DNA. That said, it’s rare that members get a…

  • Americans Voting in an Election

    Some States Grant Paid Time Off To Vote. Is Yours Among Them?

    Election Day is fast approaching and in addition to researching candidates and proposals, you also may be planning when and how you’ll cast your vote and go to work all on the same day. Some states make the guessing game…

  • Walmart Thanksgiving Convenience Basket

    Walmart Holds the Line on the Cost of Its Thanksgiving Meal Baskets

    Walmart is saying no to higher prices for holiday meals. The mega-retailer is selling its Thanksgiving meal baskets at the same cost as last year. The baskets feature traditional Thanksgiving fare, including turkey, ham, potatoes, and stuffing, as well as…

  • Amoxicillin is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of middle ear infection, strep throat, pneumonia, skin infections, and urinary tract infections among others.

    With Perhaps the Worst Timing Possible, an Amoxicillin Shortage Has Arrived

    You may have heard about the surge in RSV cases affecting children across the U.S. and filling pediatric hospital beds. Now, making the landscape of health care for children even more precarious is a shortage of one of the most…