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March 18, 2013
CARE Pharmacies names new director of operations

CARE Pharmacies announced the addition of Mark Ey to their corporate team as director of operations.

March 1, 2013
Giant-Landover offers jobs to veterans, collects funding for USO during Military Appreciation Month

Supermarket chain Giant Food of Landover, Md., will focus on the employment of transitioning veterans and their family members as it designates March as its "Military Appreciation Month," the Ahold USA banner said last week.

January 30, 2013
Safeway, ExxonMobil partner on new loyalty card offer

Safeway and ExxonMobil announced a new loyalty program that will award customers in the Mid-Atlantic region Reward Points, redeemable at any ExxonMobil station, for products purchased at Safeway.

November 28, 2012
Giant-Landover donates $25,000 to Toys for Tots

Supermarket chain Giant Food of Landover, Md., donated $25,000 to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to support children in need across the Mid-Atlantic region this week, the Ahold-owned chain said.

November 14, 2012
Retail sales down slightly in October, but increase on year-over-year basis

Retail sales were down slightly in October on a month-to-month basis while increasing on an annual basis, reflecting Hurricane Sandy and uncertainty in Washington, according to the National Retail Federation.

November 8, 2012
CVS/pharmacy expands role of two field executives, 37-year retail veteran announces retirement

CVS/pharmacy on Thursday expanded the role of two retail field executives as SVP operations Dennis Palmer, a 37-year retail veteran, announced his retirement.

July 13, 2012
A&P stores now offer Skinny Water

Grocer A&P is now offering Skinny Water, a player in the zero-calorie enhanced water category, in 275 stores throughout the mid-Atlantic under the A&P retail banner of stores.

May 23, 2012
Walgreens hosts live Twitter chat around its new REDI program

Walgreens on Wednesday afternoon hosted a live chat on Twitter regarding its newly launched national Retail Employees with Disabilities Initiative, an in-store training program designed to help people with disabilities gain retail employment, and how that program soon will expand.

March 19, 2012
Longtime Kroger exec to lead Delta division

Kroger announced that Tim Brown now will be responsible for stores in western Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri as president of the company's Delta division.

January 6, 2012
A&P turns to technology provider Galleria to optimize merchandising strategy

Galleria Retail Technology Solutions, a provider of retail and category optimization solutions, has announced that grocer A&P has chosen Galleria to help optimize its merchandising strategy and improve the customer experience within its more than 300 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic stores.

December 9, 2011
Acro hosts Payer/Managed Care Symposium

Attendance at the fifth annual Payer/Managed Care Symposium "far exceeded" that of previous years, the event's sponsor said.

September 19, 2011
Industry mourns death of DeMino, ‘patriot of pharmacy practice’

The industry has lost a true “patriot of pharmacy practice.”

August 18, 2011
Derma e hires mid-Atlantic sales manager to help grow national business

Derma e Natural Bodycare has announced the hiring of Marcia Derwin as mid-Atlantic regional sales manager, a new role to support the double-digit growth that the company is currently experiencing and to help increase its national business.

September 1, 2010
Mid-Atlantic region gets its chance to 'Unwind'

A relaxation beverage's retail distribution is being expanded to select stores in the mid-Atlantic region....

August 15, 2010
APhA unveils MTM program for its employees

Moving to practice what it preaches, the American Pharmacists Association said Monday it would begin...

September 1, 2009
Report: Harris Teeter to implement new EHR in stores

NEW YORK The health information technology revolution is sweeping beyond urban centers and into the...

March 28, 2009
EPIC banks that independents drive innovation

One of the unique aspects of EPIC is its deep roots in building a consumer brand that touts the advantages of locally owned drug stores. To help accomplish this goal, Angelo Voxakis, president and CEO, said that in 2007 EPIC invested $2 million in consumer advertising to support its 650 primary members. And it is clear that the company’s Web site has been designed with the consumer in mind.

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