PALM BEACH, Fla. — There was a distinctly celebratory air here during the NACDS Annual Meeting last month. Both NACDS president and chief executive officer Steve Anderson and incoming chairman Brian Nightengale, president of Good Neighbor Pharmacies, paid tribute to the role that community pharmacy and its suppliers filled during the height of the ongoing
ZAANDAM, Netherlands — Ahold Delhaize said its global retail portfolio reported sales growth of 8.3% in its first quarter as food-at-home consumption continued to prove resilient. Sales benefited from recent store acquisitions as well as favorable currency rates; at constant exchange rates, net sales increased 3.6% in the period to April 3. Net sales at
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree Inc. has added two members to its leadership team, naming John Flanigan chief supply chain officer and Larry Gatta chief merchandising officer for its Family Dollar banner. Both Flanigan and Gatta spent time at Dollar General Corp. during the tenure of Rick Dreiling, the former Dollar General chief executive who
WASHINGTON — President Biden has asked retailers and manufacturers, including Walmart, Target, Reckitt and Gerber, to do more to help families get infant formula. Biden this month talked with company executives about Reckitt and Gerber’s efforts to increase production to make up for lost supply from Abbott Nutrition, and asked them for other ways the
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer recently opened two new supercenters in northeast Ohio. Located in Brunswick and Canton, the 155,000-square-foot stores are considered retail anchors in developing communities, the company said in announcing grand openings at both locations. Each supercenter offers consumers a state-of-the-art retail experience that features multiple ways to shop, Meijer said. “These
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The retail pharmacy industry really demonstrated its value to the American health care system in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, outgoing National Association of Chain Drug Stores chair Colleen Lindholz asserted during her remarks at the association’s Annual Meeting here last month. The challenge going forward will be to build
MINNEAPOLIS — Target has appointed Cara Sylvester executive vice president and chief guest experience officer, a new role at the company, in one of several changes to the 14-member leadership team that reports to Brian Cornell, Target’s chief executive officer. Sylvester joined Target in 2007 and has been serving since last year as Target’s chief
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens this month added three executive positions to its leadership team, a move the national pharmacy chain said was made to bolster its retail, marketing and customer-experience offerings. The newest team members are Linh Peters, senior vice president and chief marketing officer; Luke Rauch, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer; and
SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B recently celebrated the opening of a new supermarket in New Braunfels, Texas, on the site of a former H-E-B store. The 122,000-square-foot store introduces shoppers to features and departments that are firsts for the company, said Julie Bedingfield, public affairs manager for H-E-B. “With an enhanced in-store experience and commitment to
As the publication does each year, Fortune magazine named the “100 best companies to work for” in its April/May issue. Many of the usual suspects — Hewlett Packard, Marriott, Bank of America, FedEx, Hyatt Hotels, American Express, Genentech — made the list. More surprising was the exclusion of all but a precious few mass retailers.
Last month, the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act was celebrated at a White House ceremony. With former President Barack Obama in attendance, Joe Biden, who currently holds that office, signed a proposed rule designed to fix the so-called family glitch, a provision that prevents several million people from obtaining health care subsidies under
Earlier this month retailers had a chance to vent their frustration about the high fees they incur when their customers pay for their purchases with a credit or debit card. The occasion was a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing called “Excessive Swipe Fees and Barriers to Competition in the Credit and Debit Card Systems.” Judiciary Committee