BY JIM FREDERICK
BRAINTREE, Mass. — Ahold USA has a new pharmacy chief.
Veteran pharmacy executive John Fegan left Ahold May 23, after 12 years with the company and its Stop & Shop supermarket division, to take a position in pharmacy management for Jacksonville, Fla.-based Winn-Dixie stores. As such, he will oversee
operations of some 400 in- diverse, Dutch-based supermar-store supermarket pharma- ket retailer, whose more than 700 cies in Winn-Dixie’s five- supermarkets now include some state operating area, which 560 prescription departments includes a total of 520 super- within the company’s Stop & markets in Florida, Georgia, Shop and Giant divisions. He Alabama, Mississippi and was charged with the difficult Louisiana. task of integrating many aspects
As senior vice president of John Fegan of the far-flung pharmacy opera-pharmacy, Fegan was in charge of all tions at Stop & Shop, Giant Food of U.S. pharmacy operations for the Landover, Md., Giant of Carlisle, Pa.,
Tops Markets and other Ahold-owned supermarket chains during a time of retrenchment for the company that led to the spinoff of Tops and other units in recent years.
In an interview prior to his departure, Fegan told Drug Store News he was looking forward to making a contribution to Winn-Dixie, which itself went through a series of painful cutbacks and a Chapter 11 filing in 2003 before regaining its stability—and emerging from bankruptcy in 2006—as a much smaller company.
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WOONSOCKET, R.I.— Michael Howe has The fact that the company between CVS and Caremark, “Our initial goal for the Minute-stepped down from his post as chief looked internally for Howe’s originally joined the company Clinic business was to gain first-executive officer of MinuteClinic, and successor is indeed significant, as chief operating officer for mover advantage and build our lead
CVS Caremark has named Chip particularly given the compa- PharmaCare Specialty in selected markets, and we have done Phillips as president of the company’s ny’s continued promises to Pharmacy in 2005. Prior to that,” CVS Caremark chief financial retail clinic division. look for creative ways to inte- that, he was president of CHD officer David Rickard noted in a recent Phillips, who moves over from the grate the various components Meridian Healthcare. conference call with Wall Street ana-PBM side of the business, most recent- that make up the total CVS In his new role, it figures lysts. “Now, we have made the strate-ly served as the executive vice presi- Caremark offering: retail phar- that Phillips will look to fur- gic decision to … better our efforts in Chip Phillips
dent of health management/pharma macy, PBM, mail order, spe- ther leverage MinuteClinic as 2008 on expanding services, contract-services for CVS Caremark and brings cialty pharmacy and, of course, retail a critical component of the total CVS ing with additional third-party payers more than 20 years experience in clinics. Phillips, who has been with Caremark offering to clients and con- and working with PBM clients to offer healthcaremanagement. the company prior to the merger sumers. newproductsandservices.
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Signaling its aggres- “With this new position, we are top-notch manager who brings out veys,” he told Drug Store News. “We sive plans for building its online busi- making a significant investment to the best in people.” think someone like Sona can come in ness, Walgreens has named Dell and take our online marketing and sales Walgreens spokesman Michael and take it even further.”
Wells Fargo veteran Sona Chawla to channel to a higher level,” said Polzin described the creation of a Polzin said the primary focus of the new position of senior vice presi- Walgreens chairman and chief execu- new e-commerce position—particu- Walgreens’ e-commerce mission this dent of e-commerce, effective July 1. tive officer Jeff Rein. “Sona is an online larly at the level of senior vice presi- year would be building additional
Chawla, who was vice president of expert who has honed her skills at both dent—as a clear sign of the compa- revenues and profitability as well as Dell’s global online business, will over- Wells Fargo and Dell, as well as at con- ny’s plan to “put some more distance upgrading “customer sales, service see a team charged with building sales, sulting firms earlier in her career.” between us and the competition” in and information” on the Web site.
serviceoptionsandthe customerexpe- Rein praised Chawla as “a sharp the sphere of Internet retailing and Prior to Dell, Chawla was execu-rience of www.walgreens.com, to leader with strong analytical skills customer service. “Walgreens.com tive vice president of online sales, grow online profitability. and strategic agility,” as well as “a already ranks high in customer sur- service and marketing at Wells Fargo.
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