Jane Auster

Pharmacists are known for eliciting positive reviews from patients and the public, who increasingly view their services as indispensable. But even pharmacists are not immune from bad online reviews. Twitter, Facebook, Google Reviews and more have become forums for people to vent. And, despite that old saying that all publicity is good publicity, some reviews can lead to loss of business as patients and consumers take their business to another pharmacy.

You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to realize that sports drinks can add major fizz to your convenience sales. The sports drink market in convenience shows healthy sales of $91,119,758, according to Nielsen MarketTrack and is performing well in national C&G (excluding Newfoundland) compared to other channels at +2% (dollars vs. prior year) growth (National C&G, 52 Weeks Ending December 29, 2018).