Also from Mel Kleiman...
August 20, 2010
FROM RETAILWIRE:
Convenience is one of the keynotes of vending machines. Now, one branch of Sainsbury's in England has a new prescription vending machine on trial. Do vending machines for prescription drugs make sense for retail pharmacy?
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Innovation like this could help both the customer and the drug retailer if it can make the pharmacist more efficient. Dispensing drugs is a very labor intensive process, so any efficiency may help to control some of the cost.