HOLLYWOOD, FL, Aug. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (NYSE American: HCWC) (the “Company”), a holding company focused on the natural and organic grocery sector, today announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) related to the proposed merger between the Company, Healthy Choice Wellness II Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Host Digital Infrastructure LLC (“Host Digital”), a pure-play vertically-integrated digital infrastructure platform, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger which the parties executed on May 27, 2026.