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The largest American grocery chain has launched its membership programWalmart + last year Competition with Amazon Prime. Since then, Walmart has added benefits that reflect his competitor. At the beginning of June, the grocery chain launched an Amazon advantage had not - before a day later.

Both companies now offer drug discounts as part of their memberships. Walmart's is calledWalmart + RX for less and offers free and updated prescriptions for more than 4,000 Walmart pharmacies across the country via a digital savings card. (In touch:This is the best supermarket in America, a new survey indicates)

The Amazon version allows members to receive a six-month offer from a prescription from $ 6. It includes medicines for conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Deliver it in half-year quantity saves time and reduces costs,according toBloomberg.

"We want to make the prescription as simple as shopping on Amazon," said Vice President of the Amazon Pharmacy TJ Parker.

This is not the first passage in health care that Walmart has done. While the initial thrust to cultivate convenient health centers of the chain at about 4,000 autonomous clinics was strong, operationsslowed earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Amazon was busy moving around his grocery stores.Amazon Go Epicery is no longerand all places have closed or will be reclarged as fresh Amazon locations - which is in the middle of aExpansion of 30 stores.

Both companies also plan huge sales for later June. Amazon Prime Day is set for June 21 and 22 and Internet analysts believeWalmart will offer a lot of offers around the same time chassis. The time will say if it is true, but fortunately, there are superb annuals that now happen onAll your favorite base items (andThis trend will continue, the CEO says)

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