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Market 32 Encourages Use Of Reusable Bags With Bag Fee

Driven by the recognition that retailers enable consumers’ reliance on disposable bags, the Brattleboro, Vermont, Market 32 by Price Chopper store, located at 499 Canal Street, has begun charging five cents for paper bags. The retailer hopes the charge will discourage the use of disposable bags and further encourage shoppers to convert to heavy-duty, reusable […]

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Stop & Shop Launches Advertising Campaign With Real Customers

Stop & Shop has partnered with customer agency C Space to launch an advertising campaign titled “You Got It.” The campaign launched on TV, radio, online and out-of-home on Oct. 5 in Connecticut, and on Oct. 8 in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. Rather than actors, the documentary-style ads feature real customers filmed amidst the happy chaos of their daily lives. […]

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CVS Health Acquisition Of Aetna To Close In Early Q4

CVS Health has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that allows it to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Aetna. DOJ clearance is a key milestone toward finalizing the transaction, which also is subject to state regulatory approvals, many of which have been granted. CVS Health’s acquisition of Aetna remains […]

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Recommended: After Just Five Months, Big Apple Supermarket Closing In Va.

Open less than six months, the Big Apple Supermarket in the Brook Run Shopping Center in northern Henrico County is closing. Employees at the store said today, Sunday, will be the last day the store operates. General manager Joseph Turner confirmed Saturday that the store was closing but referred other questions to a store official […]

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Prime Delivery From Whole Foods Reaches Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Others

Amazon has launched grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in Annapolis, Cleveland, Louisville, North and Central New Jersey and Pittsburgh, as well as additional locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prime members in those cities now can shop through Prime Now for thousands of items, including fresh produce, meat and seafood, […]

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Publix Donates More Than $1M To Hurricane Florence Relief Efforts

Publix Super Markets has donated more than $800,000 to the American Red Cross for disaster relief to help people affected by Hurricane Florence. That donation is in addition to the previously announced donation by Publix Super Markets Charities of $250,000 to the American Red Cross and United Way for relief efforts for the affected areas. […]

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7-Eleven Opening First Sports Venue Location At Texas Motor Speedway

7-Eleven Inc. is off to the races. The convenience retailer will open its first location at a professional sports venue this month. The store will open at Texas Motor Speedway in time for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Playoff weekend from Oct. 27 until Nov. 5. The tripleheader features the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World […]

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J.D. Power Rates Wegmans Pharmacy Highest In Customer Satisfaction

The recently released J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Pharmacy Study ranked Wegmans Pharmacy “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Supermarket Pharmacies” with a score of 906 on a 1,000-point scale. Now in its 10th year, the study measures customer satisfaction among all categories of brick-and-mortar pharmacies, including chain drug stores, mass merchants and supermarkets as well as mail-order pharmacies. Satisfaction […]