In an effort to help families be heart healthy, this week Midwest retailer Meijer began offering the generic substitute for Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) for free in all 199 Meijer pharmacies. The addition expands the retailer’s free medication program, and makes Grand Rapids-based Meijer the first retailer in the Midwest to offer this generic cholesterol-lowering medication—up […]
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All-Star Speakers to Highlight LEAD Marketing Conference
Executives from Coca-Cola, Bozzuto’s, and Barilla America will highlight the agenda of all-star speakers at the 4th annual LEAD Marketing Conference, to be held Oct. 1-3 at the Westin O’Hare in Chicago. Special educational workshops on retail technology and marketing will be held just prior to the start of the conference. LEAD, hosted by the […]
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Caribou Coffee To Partner With Chicago’s Jewel-Osco
Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., the second largest company-operated premium coffeehouse retailer in the United States, plans to expand its retail and commercial footprint in the Chicagoland area by teaming up with Jewel-Osco, the city’s market-leading grocery chain. To kick-off this partnership, Caribou Coffee opened its first retail location within Jewel-Osco’s Barrington store last week, with […]
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Kroger Donates ‘Pink Out The Park’ Detroit Tigers Tickets
Approximately 200 breast cancer survivors, their family members and caregivers will be treated to a special “Pink Out the Park” event at Comerica Park in Detroit on Sept. 5, thanks to the generosity of Kroger. The Pink Out the Park event is a partnership of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and the Detroit Tigers […]
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Ball Closing Two Plants in Ohio and Florida
Ball Corp. is ceasing production at two North American beverage packaging manufacturing plants to consolidate the company’s 12-oz. beverage can and end production capacity to meet changing market demand. Ball will cease production at its metal beverage packaging plants in Columbus, Ohio, and Gainesville, Fla., by the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, subject […]
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Mrs. Renfro’s Ghost Pepper Salsa Wins IMDA Award
Not only has Mrs. Renfro’s Ghost Pepper Salsa picked up an award for its “scary hot” flavor, it now has an award for its good looks. At the recent International Metal Decorators Association (IMDA) conference in Bloomington, Ill., Renfro Foods, manufacturers of Mrs. Renfro’s Ghost Pepper Salsa, was presented with the 2012 IMDA Excellence in […]
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Kraft Approves Spin-Off of North American Grocery Business
Kraft Foods Inc.’s board of directors has approved the spin-off of its North American grocery business and declared a pro rata distribution of shares of Kraft Foods Group Inc. (which will hold the North American grocery business) to holders of Kraft Foods Inc. common stock. The board also declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.29 […]
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T.W.F. Holding Opens Save-A-Lot Store in Wabash, Ind.
Save-A-Lot, one of the nation’s leading hard discount, limited assortment grocery chains and a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, announces that T.W.F. Holding Co. Inc. will open a new Save-A-Lot store in Wabash, Ind., today. The new Wabash Save-A-Lot store is located at 950 Cass St. Local leaders present for the ceremony this morning included […]