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Description: In a pilot project across Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart has started to include a broad new range of fresh food in its stores. This comes after Loblaw’s acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart last year and may well signal a strategic change for the drug giant.

Source: Financial Post

Date: February 06, 2015

Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2015/02/06/shoppers-drug-mart-prescription-for-food/

Questions for Discussion:

  1. Is this the right strategy for Shoppers Drug Mart?
  2. Discuss possible benefits and pitfalls of Shoppers entering in to the fresh food business?
  3. Discuss Loblaw’s reasoning behind this new strategy?

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