Safeway Offers Cheap Drugs

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Safeway Joins Rivals In Adding $4 Generic Prescription Drugs

Safeway will begin offering $4 prescriptions on hundreds of generic drugs today at stores in the eastern United States, a spokesman said, following in the footsteps of the program popularized by Wal-Mart two years ago.

The list of $4 drugs includes the antibiotic amoxicillin, blood pressure medication atenolol and levothyroxine for thyroid disease.

...Safeway's move comes after Wal-Mart rattled the retail industry when it launched its $4 prescriptions in 2006.