SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion is promoting private brands this month, offering customers who use their MVP-brand rewards card and purchase four or more private label items a coupon good for savings on their next visit to Food Lion. The supermarket chain’s Bring Home Spring Savings promotion runs through April 24. The campaign offers shoppers
WOONSOCKET, R.I.— CVS Health announced an exciting new initiative that will focus on chronic kidney disease and dialysis and builds upon the company’s focus on driving innovation in the management of chronic disease to help improve patient health outcomes while managing costs. This new program will focus on early identification of kidney disease and expansion
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced on Tuesday the launch of Walmart2World, a global money transfer service featuring money orders from MoneyGram International Inc., the nation’s largest provider of money orders. Walmart is MoneyGram’s money transfer and money order agent, accounting for more than 20% of its business. The move builds on the retailer’s domestic money transfer
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens is returning as the exclusive retailer of the Red Noses for the fourth annual Red Nose Day, helping raise funds to end child poverty, one nose at a time. This year’s iconic Red Nose will have an extra twinkle, as Walgreens introduces its first ever “Sparkle Red Nose.” The new edition
NEW YORK — Walmart and health insurer Humana are in early talks regarding a possible merger, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. WSJ says it isn’t clear what terms the companies may be discussing, and the story said there is no guarantee they will strike a deal. However, if they
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Nature’s Truth LLC has expanded its aromatherapy line to include Tea Tree Essential Oil Roll-On. “We continue to see expansion in the aromatherapy category as more consumers are introducing essential oils into their lives as a holistic approach to wellness. Tea Tree Oil, like many essential oils, has a long history in
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has tapped Tesco PLC veteran Simon Belsham to serve as president of Jet.com, effective immediately. Belsham will oversee all operations, including the unit’s online grocery and general merchandise business, Marc Lore, president and chief executive officer of Walmart eCommerce U.S., said in a memo to employees. “With Jet Grocery being an
PARAMOUNT, Calif. — Bodega Latina Corp. announced on Sunday that it has agreed to acquire Fiesta Mart, operator of 63 food stores catering to Latino shoppers in the Dallas and Houston markets. Bodega Latina, doing business as El Super, serves customers with 59 stores in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. It is a
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Mitchell Grocery Corp. said Monday that it has an agreement to buy three Winn-Dixie store locations in northeastern Alabama from Southeastern Grocers LLC. Mitchell Grocery is a wholesale grocery distributor that supplies 175 independent supermarkets in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Florida. It says it acquired the Winn-Dixie stores on behalf
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to 100 metropolitan areas by the end of the year, making the service available to more than 40% of U.S. households. The move represents an escalation of the competition among some of the nation’s largest retailers to develop a viable online
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers is shuttering 94 stores as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and undertakes a restructuring. The operator of the Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Harveys and Fresco y Más chains will continue to run its 582 other stores as it seeks a new route to long-term financial health. President and chief executive
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Striving to enhance its brick-and-mortar and digital offerings, Dollar General Corp. is adding fresh produce in stores while rolling out a shop-and-scan mobile app. The chain this year plans to remodel 1,000 stores, two-fifths of which will become the “traditional-plus” format with 34 cooler doors to merchandise an expanded perishables assortment. Of