ARLINGTON, Va. — Lidl announced plans for a second round of U.S. store openings, with grand-opening ceremonies on July 13 at two stores in North Carolina and two in Virginia. The company also announced plans for its fourth distribution center and regional headquarters, in Cartersville, Ga., about 40 miles northwest of Atlanta. Previous centers were
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Inc. is upgrading its diabetes programs with Begin for Diabetes, a lifestyle management program for the unique set of health and nutrition challenges that people dealing with the disease face on a daily basis. The new program adds to Hy-Vee’s existing Begin and Begin 4 Kids programs. All three
MEMPHIS — Fred’s Inc. weighed in on the recent termination of the merger between Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Rite Aid Corp. and the related asset purchase agreement of Fred’s with Walgreens and Rite Aid. In December 2016, Fred’s announced that it had signed an asset purchase agreement with Walgreens and Rite Aid to buy
WASHINGTON — National Association of Chain Drug Stores board members met with House and Senate leaders last month to highlight pharmacy’s role in affordable, accessible and quality health care for all Americans. Board members flew to Washington to discuss with lawmakers pharmacy priorities, including provider status legislation, health care reform, transparency in Medicare Part D,
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — “Retail is becoming a key driver for health care solutions, and Walmart continues to build on our commitment to make health care and healthier food choices more affordable and accessible for our customers,” said Alex Hurd, senior director of health and wellness transformation at Walmart, during a joint presentation titled “The Role
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s (WBA’s) plan to acquire Rite Aid Corp. in its entirety is, for now, dead. For some, it was an inevitable conclusion to a strategy that was full of holes. For others, by far the majority, it was a surprising conclusion to a well-conceived plan to increase the already dynamic presence of
In ways both obvious and subtle, the retail pharmacy landscape continues to be reshaped by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. In less than 24 hours late last month, the company made two moves that demonstrate its profound influence on the future trajectory of the sector. The development that grabbed all the headlines was WBA’s agreement to
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. will acquire Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion, including debt, in the biggest deal ever for the e-tailer as it continues to encroach on the grocery sector. Amazon will pay $42 a share in cash for the natural food chain, the companies said this month. Whole Foods cofounder and chief
BATAVIA, Ill. — Discount grocer Aldi announced it would add 900 stores in the next five years, taking its U.S. total to 2,500 and putting it third in the country by store count, behind Kroger Co. and Walmart. Aldi said it had added $3.4 billion to its capital budget to finance the expansion. That’s on
NEW YORK — Long lines of shoppers greeted the openings of Lidl’s first nine U.S. stores this month. Hundreds of customers awaited the debuts of stores in Virginia Beach and Hampton, Va., as well as in Greenville, S.C. Other lines formed in North Carolina. The off-price German retailer expects to have 20 supermarkets operating in
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and Cigna are teaming up to bring a new model of health care and drug coverage to patients. Cigna Health Works, which joins Cigna-administered health benefits with CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic retail pharmacy and health services, is designed to help patients get the most from their health benefits at their
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp. will cut about 400 full-time jobs, mostly at headquarters, as part of its turnaround effort. The positions being eliminated also include support functions globally, certain field operations positions and jobs related to store closures. The eliminated jobs amount to less than 0.5% of the 140,000 full- and part-time