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CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. senior vice president and chief merchant Joe Grieshaber is retiring from the company after more than 37 years, the retailer said on Tuesday. Grieshaber’s retirement is effective August 15. He will be succeeded by Stuart Aitken, who is currently senior vice president of alternative business and CEO of 84.51˚, Kroger’s data
Colleen Lindholz, president of Kroger Co.’s health care business, talks about the company’s response to COVID-19, the evolution of community pharmacy, the link between health and nutrition, and the move toward value-based care.
CINCINNATI — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Kroger Health emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, the company said Wednesday. The testing solution combines the safety and convenience of at-home sample collection with the expert guidance of a telehealth consultation to help improve the quality of the collection process.
In the latest installment in our Video Forum series, Randy Edeker, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hy-Vee Inc., talks about the food/drug combination store operator’s response to the unprecedented challenges of recent months, the need to take care of customers and staffers, and retailing in an omnichannel world.
MINNEAPOLIS — Target is adding fresh and frozen grocery items to the list of items available through its Order Pickup and Drive Up services. Following successful pilots in the Twin Cities and Kansas City markets, the retailer will roll out the enhanced services to more than 400 stores by the end of the month. Target
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Walmart on Wednesday opened its fourth Walmart Health Center and its first outside of Georgia. The new outlet is located adjacent to a Walmart Supercenter in Springdale, Ark., which is less than 20 miles from Walmart’s home town of Bentonville, Ark. “This is our first Walmart Health prototype outside of Georgia, and
This installment of the Chain Drug Review/MMR Video Forum series features insights on McKesson’s network of franchised pharmacies. Health Mart president Nimesh Jhaveri and franchisee Ghada Zuhair Abu Kuwaik, owner and chief pharmacist at CureMed Pharmacy in Clifton, N.J., discuss the network’s response to COVID-19 and the future role of community pharmacy.
BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. has launched an initial public offering involving 6.8 million shares of its common stock, the company announced Thursday. The retailer plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACI.” The stock will be sold by some of the company’s stockholders at an expected price
CINCINNATI – The Kroger Co. said fiscal first-quarter sales rose 19.1% to $42 billion. Digital sales increased 92% in the quarter ended May 23, and same-store sales, excluding fuel, were up 19%, the company said Thursday. Operating profit in the quarter was $1.3 billion. Kroger said it spent more than $830 million in the quarter
LOGANVILLE, Ga. — The third Walmart Health center, a facility that promises a wide range of affordable health care services in an accessible mass retail setting, opened Wednesday in a remodeled Supercenter here. This state-of-the-art facility provides quality, affordable and accessible healthcare for members of the Loganville community so they can get the right care at
WASHINGTON — The reopening of stores shuttered by the COVID-19 outbreak boosted retail sales in May, which were up dramatically compared to April, the National Retail Federation reported Tuesday. But sales were still way down from the same period last year. “Today’s sales report is very encouraging news at a time when we need to
The latest installment in our Video Forum features Scott Melville, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. In addition to the rebranding of CHPA, Melville talks about what recently enacted O-T-C monograph reform means for the category, and the increasingly important part that nonprescription products are playing in health care.