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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Posted in, Ellerbee Buzz, Shelby Content, Southeast
Grocers Overcome Challenges Severe Weather Brings
Even the mighty fell—sorta. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. managed to open its headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., on Feb. 9, but employees did not have to report if they couldn’t safely travel to work. A foot of snow had fallen on Northwest Arkansas. Some parts of Oklahoma saw two feet of snow. In the northeast corner of […]
Posted in, Center Store, Southeast
Delta to Serve Seattle’s Best
Delta Air Lines said it will begin serving Seattle’s Best Coffee on its flights starting March 1, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Seattle’s Best Coffee will replace the unbranded coffee Delta has been serving on flights. Atlanta-based Delta will serve a “Level 4″ brew, based on the coffee chain’s new system ranking coffee from 1 to […]
Posted in, From the Editor, Shelby Content, Southeast
Tell Me—Do You Welcome Extreme Couponers?
I’ve wanted to ask a question of our retailer readers for some time now, and for reasons I will explain in a moment, I am posing it now: Do you have major coupon users that shop your store, and if so, do you welcome them or wish they would shop somewhere else? I would love […]