Kroger moves to end contract between its health care unit, Express Scripts

Grocery retailer The Kroger Co. said on Sept. 30 it had sent Express Scripts a written notice of its plan to terminate a pharmacy provider agreement for commercial customers of its health care services arm due to an "unsustainable" pricing model, Reuters reports. Kroger said it has made several attempts since February to negotiate with the pharmacy benefit manager for a “more equitable and fair contract that lowers cost, increases access, and delivers greater transparency, but there has been little to no progress to date.”