Brussels, Belgium-based Delhaize Group, an international food retailer, plans to further accelerate store openings in its newer operations and achieve annual revenue growth of 5 to 7 percent within three years. Additional cost savings will be generated and used to invest in the sales building initiatives that will support accelerating growth, according to the company. […]
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Posted in, Corporate Store News, Southeast
Publix Pharmacies Offering Flu Shots
Publix Pharmacies are providing flu vaccinations, including a needle-free option, reports the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Traditional flu shots are $30, but Publix accepts Medicare Part B and many third-party insurances, according to a company statement. All immunizations are given by trained Publix pharmacists. Publix Super Markets , headquartered in Lakeland, has about 140 locations […]
Posted in, Corporate Store News, West
Bashas’ Family of Stores will hold four job fairs
Three in metro Phoenix and one in Tucson – to fill more than 400 full-time and part-time positions for its Food City, Bashas’ and AJ’s Fine Foods locations. WHEN & WHERE: May 3, 4, 5 and 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 University of Phoenix – Hohokam Campus 4635 E. Elwood […]
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Walmart Testing Grocery Delivery in California
Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart is testing home grocery delivery in San Jose, Calif., as the world’s largest retailer ratchets up competition with online retailer Amazon.com. With the new “Walmart To Go,” customers can order up groceries, health and beauty products such as soap, shampoo and over-the-counter medicines, and household supplies like paper towels and laundry detergent […]
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Walmart Bringing Back 8,500 Products
WalMart is bringing back more than 8,500 household products and foods that it had culled from its shelves over the past few years in an effort to reverse a sales slump in the U.S., reports the Phoenix Business Journal. Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc announced April 11 that it would be broadening the variety of products […]
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Lowe’s acquires Super S Foods
by Rita Arnst Pay and Save Inc., dba Lowe’s from Littlefield, Texas, acquired the Super S Foods chain today. “The stores will be operated as Super S Foods/Lowe’s for a while. Nothing is going to change,” said James Hanson with Super S Foods public relations. “We are not going to change the signs initially, but […]
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CVS Completes Union Avenue Purchase
CVS Care Corp. has officially closed on the former Union Avenue United Methodist Church building at Cooper and Union in Memphis, Tenn., clearing the way for the company to build a drug store. Operating as CVS 4992 TN LLC, Rhode-Island based CVS purchased the building for $2.25 million from St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. CVS […]
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HGMRA/Kroger Breakfast
Nov. 12 • Houston Racquet Club • Houston, Texas Kroger is aggressively pursuing growth and remodel improvements in the Southwest Kroger Marketing Area (KMA), which encompasses Texas and Louisiana. Bill Breetz, president of the Southwest division, outlined Kroger’s work this year and its plans for the future at a breakfast meeting of the Houston Grocery […]