WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Curaleaf Holdings has appointed Talley Wettlaufer as senior vice president of retail for Curaleaf, succeeding Chris Melillo, who has left the company. “As Curaleaf continues on its growth trajectory, we are extremely pleased to appoint Talley to lead our retail customer experience and position our brands for future success. With an impressive track
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has launched Walgreens Test & Protect, a new program to aid businesses in their COVID-19 work plans and strategies. The program is part of Walgreens’ latest expansion of COVID-19 testing, which also includes increased capacity across its testing sites to allow for more than 500,000 COVID-19 tests per month. Test &
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Grocery shopping has changed significantly in the six months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, according to Catalina. The shopper intelligence firm said that people continue to spend more at the grocery store each month during the pandemic, while taking fewer trips. In August, spending per trip increased
WASHINGTON – Retail sales gains in August point to continued recovery from the coronavirus, the National Retail Federation said on Wednesday. “While August retail sales numbers were a bit mixed, we believe the consumer is resilient and is in good shape as we head into the holiday season,” NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay said
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is offering special access for clients, customers and employees to Fitness+, a subscription fitness service that Apple unveiled on Tuesday. The new service, set to arrive later this year, will aim to use data from a user’s Apple Watch to personalize a studio-style workout that fitness enthusiasts will access via
CARLISLE, Pa. — GIANT Co. plans to hire an additional 4,000 part- and full-time employees to help it meet consumers’ strong demand for groceries, the company said Tuesday. The hiring spree includes jobs at a new store slated to open on October 23 in Harrisburg, Pa. The retailer is also adding people at other stores
TORONTO — Loblaw Co. said on Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart will invest $75 million in Maple Corp., the leading virtual care provider in Canada, in exchange for a material minority stake in Loblaw.Maple is a thriving Canadian telemedicine provider that allows patients to connect online with a variety of healthcare
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – SpartanNash Co. today announced it has hired Tony Sarsam as president and chief executive officer. Sarsam begins his new job on September 21, when he’ll also take a seat on the board at SpartanNash, which distributes grocery products to independent and chain retailers, its corporate-owned retail stores and U.S. military commissaries
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart this month launched its Walmart+ membership program, which is designed to compete with Amazon Prime by leveraging in-store and online assets that include fuel discounts and unlimited free delivery from stores. Walmart+ membership, available beginning on September 15, will cost $98 a year or $12.95 a month and includes a 15-day
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) at the end of last month announced the appointment of John Standley as president of Walgreens. He will head up all Walgreens operations, and will have responsibility for the development, growth and management of the business as the company continues to build on its leadership in the rapidly
ARLINGTON, Va. — Lidl U.S. will open 50 stores in nine East Coast states by the end of 2021. The outlets will be in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. The openings will bring Lidl’s number of U.S. stores to more than 150. The company will invest
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — Last month Amazon opened a new grocery store concept expanding beyond its Whole Foods Market chain as it seeks to become a major food retailer. “Today we’re announcing the Amazon Fresh grocery store — a new grocery store designed from the ground up to offer a seamless grocery shopping experience, whether