Many employers will pass increasing costs on to employees.

Food is what?s driving front-end profitability and same-store sales. A dollar of front end revenue is more profitable than a dollar of prescription revenue due to capped margins. There?s still a lot of upside potential but, frankly, the drug stores have to develop a more compelling front end offering.

It's as competitive a (grocery) market as you'll ever find in the U.S..