SALISBURY, N.C. — Two divisions of Ahold Delhaize USA celebrated the opening of new stores this month, and a third announced a $40 million plan to remodel 23 stores in Virginia. The GIANT Food Stores division held grand openings at a half-dozen stores in four states. Five of the stores — former Shop ’n Save
AUSTIN, Texas — Amazon this month lowered prices on hundreds of items at Whole Foods Market stores across the United States and introduced even more benefits for Prime members. Prices were reduced by an average of 20%, with an emphasis on cutting costs on meat, produce and prepared sandwiches and wraps. The price cuts affect
KEASBEY, N.J. — Grand reopening celebrations were held last month at five updated Price Rite Marketplace stores in Connecticut. The upgrades follow a successful three-store pilot to test new design features, expanded fresh and private label offerings, and enhanced price savings at the Wakefern Food Corp. value grocery chain. Shoppers at the remodeled stores encountered
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer Inc. is opening three new supercenters next month in the northeast Ohio cities of Mentor, Stow and Avon. Meijer officials and local dignitaries are scheduled to participate in ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the stores on May 14. Promotions and special events are set to begin May 19 at each of the
Amazon took a small but significant step earlier this month toward the goal of becoming as disruptive an innovator in the delivery of health care as it is in the sale of consumer products. Working together with several prominent health care organizations, which developed a series of tools for Amazon Alexa, the company has made
For a growing number of brick-and-mortar retailers, the future looks small. Sears is the latest company to embrace the trend. The retailer, which emerged from bankruptcy and a court-supervised auction process in February with about 425 big-box stores, said it plans to open three small Sears Home & Life stores in May. The stores will
NEW YORK — Although obstacles to a widespread rollout remain, CBD products are edging into the mainstream. Late last month both CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens announced that they would begin selling CBD products in some stores. CVS has begun carrying CBD products in selected stores in seven states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. is replacing three top executives and cutting about 400 corporate jobs — more than a fifth of its white-collar positions. The chain announced the departures of chief executive officer John Standley, president and chief operating officer Kermit Crawford, and chief financial officer Darren Karst. Rite Aid said the
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree Inc. plans to renovate at least 1,000 Family Dollar stores this year and close hundreds of others as it seeks to improve the performance of the chain it acquired in 2015 following a bidding war with Dollar General Corp. Dollar Tree announced the plans as it reported fiscal fourth quarter
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Maintaining an aggressive growth strategy, Dollar General Corp. will open 975 stores this fiscal year and remodel another 900. The company projects 2019 capital expenditures of $775 million to $824 million, up from $734 million last year. Capturing growth opportunities is an operating priority, chief executive officer Todd Vasos said during a
NEW YORK — Online grocer FreshDirect announced its first round of expansion since it moved its headquarters last year from the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City to a new campus in the South Bronx, which includes a 400,000-square-foot distribution and manufacturing complex designed to foster innovation. The company this month said it was extending
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Heather Dixon has been named senior vice president, global controller and chief accounting officer by Walgreens Boots Alliance. Dixon will join WBA from Aetna Inc., where she had been vice president, controller and chief accounting officer since 2017 and, prior to that, assistant controller. Before that, she served as vice president and