Meijer Pharmacies Now Providing COVID-19 Vaccine At Every Store

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Meijer pharmacies are now providing the COVID-19 vaccine at every store by appointment and expect to administer 150,000 doses this week, the retailer said in an announcement.

Meijer has now been identified by the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program as a partner to directly receive and administer doses of the vaccine in all the Midwest states it serves, recently adding Wisconsin, Illinois and Kentucky.

This expansion will allow the retailer to administer a total of 150,000 doses this week through clinics held at each of its stores throughout its six-state footprint, as well as offsite clinics, the retailer said in a news release. Meijer had previously been named a Federal Retail Pharmacy Partner in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

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“Our stores and pharmacies continue playing an integral role in supporting their communities across the Midwest during this challenging time,” Meijer President & CEO Rick Keyes said in a statement. “Whether our team members and pharmacists are working with local organizations, coordinating offsite events or hosting large in-store clinics, we’re proud to continue our efforts as a federal retail pharmacy partner in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Kentucky as we expand access to these critical vaccines and defeat this pandemic.”

Meijer will conduct more than 950 clinics, both large and small scale, in its stores throughout the Midwest this week alone, according to the news release. These clinics are in addition to supporting FEMA at the Mass Vaccination Clinics being held at Ford Field in Detroit and numerous offsite clinics with different partners, store officials said.

Anyone interested in registering for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Meijer can do so by texting COVID to the number 75049. People can also register online. The retailer said it has registered more than 2 million people to receive the vaccine since it launched its registration system in January.

To date, Meijer has conducted more than 3,000 vaccine clinics large and small, administering 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Our pharmacy teams have been working diligently to vaccinate as many people as possible since doses have become available,” Meijer Pharmacy Vice President Jason Beauch said. “Expanding the partnership with the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program makes our job even easier because now we’ll be able to reach even more people interested in receiving this vaccine.”