SEATTLE — “Where fresh food comes first and flavor brings people together” — that’s how Kroger Co. is billing its latest concept store, which opened earlier this month in the Seattle area in the remodeled Quality Food Center in Gig Harbor. Main & Vine — the new store that now occupies the remodeled former location
WESLEY CHAPEL, N.C. — The first six CVS pharmacies located inside Target Corp. stores celebrated a grand opening earlier this month in North Carolina. CVS intends to convert all 1,672 Target pharmacies in 47 states to CVS/pharmacy locations over the next six to eight months and rebrand the 79 Target clinic locations as MinuteClinic, CVS
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. plans to open about 400 bookstores, according to an executive at a major mall. The online retailer ventured into the brick-and-mortar arena in November with the opening of a bookstore in its home city of Seattle. An expansion of bookstores, which the company has not confirmed, would be a reversal by
BOISE, Idaho — Mark Panzer, senior vice president of pharmacy, health and wellness at Albertsons Cos., has assumed additional responsibility for general merchandise and health and beauty aids. “Mark’s impact on our operation in 2015 was immediate. He brought a wealth of industry experience with him when he joined our team that makes him a
BRUSSELS — Delhaize Group and Koninklijke Ahold N.V. announced earlier this month that they have respectively called Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs), to be held on March 14, at which their respective shareholders will consider and vote on proposals to approve the intended merger between Delhaize and Ahold. Delhaize’s EGM will be held in Brussels and
LANDOVER, Md. — Making lives easier for Washington, D.C.-area residents, Peapod by Giant recently announced a first-of-its-kind offering that will allow shoppers to place their orders online and pick them up at one of three Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority stations: Fort Totten, Glenmont and Vienna. The new Metro Peapod service began February 1, 2016.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Gelson’s Markets has signed a lease for its second location here. The Encino, Calif.-based chain plans a supermarket with a metal and glass facade with louvered accents and rooftop parking, at a prime location, the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gardner Street. The company says it is adding the store in light
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI’s) board of directors voted to approve its 2016-2018 incoming officers during the Midwinter Executive Conference annual business meeting that was held here last month. Kevin Davis, chairman and chief executive officer of Bristol Farms Inc., has assumed the role of FMI’s chairman of the board. The
Walmart has begun closing stores, as the retailer had previously announced. Most of the closings involve the Express stores the company began opening over the past two years in the belief that it could more successfully compete with the likes of such small-store retailers as drug and dollar stores with convenience-oriented stores than the big
Leslie Sarasin is in the midst of a good run at the Food Marketing Institute. When she became president and CEO of the organization in 2008, FMI was widely perceived as having lost its focus, leaving people inside and outside the association unclear about its agenda and how it was being pursued. Sarasin changed all
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart continues to fine-tune operations in pursuit of its growth strategy. Recent alterations include elimination of its smallest store format, the closure of underperforming stores in the United States and internationally, pay raises for more than 1.2 million U.S. employees and consolidation of its technology teams. The pillars of the company’s growth
LAKELAND, Fla. — Ed Crenshaw has set April 30 as the date of his retirement from Publix Super Markets Inc. Todd Jones, Publix’s president, will succeed Crenshaw as chief executive officer and will retain the presidency, the company announced last month. Crenshaw, 65, is the company’s fourth CEO and the grandson of founder George Jenkins.