

The Fort Myers locations have three job openings, per MD Now’s website. The chain has 55 clinics in Florida and has created nine jobs per clinic, so 27 jobs for the Lee County clinics. Over the past month, MD Now has opened two new clinics in Fort Myers at high-traffic volume locations. We’re very accessible in the community for people to get easy access to.” Being able to get results in a patient portal. Patients, they want things on their terms. Private equity firms are looking to get into the space. “There’s a lot of health care dollars sort of being driven to urgent care right now. “Quality of care speed and lower costs,” Collins said. He trained in internal medicine and pediatrics in Boston, Massachusetts at Mass General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. Jeffrey Collins, MD Now’s chief medical officer. With emergency room visits costing well north of $1,000 and urgent care clinic visits costing in the low hundreds of dollars, depending on the type of care needed, a patient can receive care and save money at the same time, said Dr. MD Now, a brand of urgent care clinics founded 16 years ago, has just expanded to Lee County. “It’s cost 88 cents since the day we opened, four years ago,” Nasshan said. It’s simply a yellow pad that can be attached to the end of a broom handle for cleaning floors.

Hispanic consumers call it a “Frazada," and it’s been one of the grocery chain’s most popular items. “Flan will be one of the top-selling items in the store,” Nasshan said.Īnother popular item was made not in South or Central America, but in Germany. The store also offers fresh-baked breads, fresh fruit and vegetables, much of it locally-sourced, a baker with fresh guava and other fruit pies and a large selection of hams and cheeses. And another display was stuffed with plantain chips. “That’s about 40 of the best Hispanic-brand crackers.”īlack beans, olive oil, mojo-flavored marinades and various rices are all on display with abundancy upon entering the store.Īnother aisle had a large selection of Cuban coffees. Nasshan said non-Hispanic grocery shoppers who were interested in learning more about Hispanic foods and culture were more than welcome to try the store. “Whatever your Hispanic ethnicity – Mexican, Guatemalan, Cuban, Puerto Rican, El Salvadorian, Nicaraguan, others – we’ll get that product for you here.” “We do a nice job of blending and not de-selecting for our customers,” Nasshan said. The products available, while emphasizing brands popular with Hispanics, also include many mainstream grocery items prevalent at competing stores, he said. With Lehigh Acres having a 38% Hispanic population, the Homestead Road location made sense, Nasshan said. The concept caught on and grew from there. Call for hours.View Gallery: Fresco y Mas opens in Lehigh Acres Whole Foods: Stores open, but hours may vary.New England locations will remain closed. Wegmans: Most stores open until 4 p.m.Stop & Shop: Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey stores open until 3 p.m.Sprouts Farmers Market: Stores open 7 a.m.Lucky and Lucky California: Stores open 6 a.m.Kroger: Stores will be open, but hours will vary by division.Hannaford: New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont stores open 7 a.m.Grocery Stores That Are Open On Thanksgiving Not up for cooking this year? These fast food joints will stay open on Thanksgiving, and you can sit down for a meal at these restaurants on Turkey Day, too. Here's a general guide to the grocery stores you can count on come Thanksgiving day-and the ones that won't be open, including some that are closing down for the holiday for the first time in years. Hours are subject to change regionally, so be sure to call the store before you run out. Luckily, many supermarket chains have bet on the fact that you'll do just that, and they're keeping their doors open on Thanksgiving for last-minute purchases. Meaning that Thanksgiving shopping list you triple-checked actually had something missing-and you probably won't notice it until the morning of.

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