Walmart and Kroger raised the price of Abbott’s at-home Covid-19 test kit after an agreement with the White House to sell the tests at a reduced price expired.
Summary
- Walmart and Kroger raised the price of Abbott’s at-home Covid-19 test kit after an agreement with the White House to sell the tests at a reduced price expired, the companies said Tuesday.
- Kroger listed the tests for $23.99.
- Packages of Abbott Laboratories’ BinaxNOW Covid-19 Antigen Self Test are stacked on a shelf in a store in N.Y., on Nov. 12, 2021.
- The kits, which include two tests each, were listed as sold out on the Walmart and Kroger websites Tuesday.
- In a statement, Kroger said it had fulfilled its commitment to the Biden administration and had reinstated “retail pricing.”