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June 20, 2011
Safeway celebrates private-label brand by setting Guinness World Records title

Safeway celebrated National Picnic Day on Saturday by breaking the Guinness World Record for longest picnic table and debuting its new private-label brand.

June 17, 2011
Coming soon: More Walmart Market stores

Walmart is moving forward with what could be characterized as a rollout of its Neighborhood Market format nearly 13 years after the first unit opened in fall 1998. Just don’t call it a Neighborhood Market.

June 16, 2011
Kroger off to strong start with positive Q1

Kroger reported strong first-quarter results and marked 30 consecutive quarters in which identical-store sales increased, the supermarket retailer announced Thursday.

June 16, 2011
Retail chiefs gather to discuss food deserts with Chicago mayor

The Windy City’s problem with food deserts is getting attention from the city’s mayor and some of the country’s top retailers, according to published reports.

June 16, 2011
Supervalu puts emphasis on private label with Essential Everyday rollout

The private-label trend at retail continues to gain steam as Supervalu CEO Craig Herkert shared plans last month at the company's annual shareholders meeting to expand Supervalu's private-label program now through February 2012.

June 15, 2011
CtW Investment Group wants Rite Aid to overhaul its board

An investment group that holds approximately 3 million shares of Rite Aid stock is calling for an overhaul of the retail pharmacy chain’s board ahead of its annual stockholders meeting next Thursday.

June 14, 2011
Blogger announces release of Walgreens Infant Care Booklet

According to a post Monday from extreme couponer and Walgreens fan Christie Hardcastle, American Baby magazine is shipping out a Walgreens Infant Care Booklet mailer to subscribers.

June 14, 2011
Nickelodeon launches 'Victorious' product line at Walmart

Nickelodeon is launching the first products themed after one of its live-action comedy series exclusively at Walmart.

June 13, 2011
Kroger appoints diversity leader

Kroger on Monday named Reuben Shaffer the grocer’s new chief diversity officer, effective immediately.

June 13, 2011
WAG's PBM officially belongs to Catalyst Health Solutions

Catalyst Health Solutions on Monday announced it has completed its acquisition of Walgreens’ pharmacy benefit management subsidiary, Walgreens Health Initiatives.

June 10, 2011
Health 2.0, Walgreens announce health guide challenge

Health 2.0 and Walgreens on Thursday announced the launch of the Walgreens 2011 Challenge: A New Approach to Patient Information Navigation, which invites teams of developers to create an application that presents aggregated U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data on specific health topics.

June 10, 2011
MinuteClinic, OhioHealth enter strategic clinical affiliation

MinuteClinic has entered a clinical affiliation with OhioHealth, a not-for-profit, charitable healthcare organization based in Columbus, Ohio. MinuteClinic has seven walk-in medical clinics inside select CVS/pharmacy stores throughout the region.

June 9, 2011
MinuteClinic to collaborate with Cleveland Clinic Florida

MinuteClinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida, a multispecialty academic medical center that is part of the Cleveland Clinic health system, have entered into a clinical affiliation to enhance the healthcare services they provide and offer patients greater access to care.

June 9, 2011
Safeway inks deal with Coinstar

Safeway is bringing Coinstar's self-service coin-counting kiosks to its U.S. and Canadian stores, the supermarket retailer announced Thursday.

June 8, 2011
CVS Caremark, VSA announce debut of 2011 All Kids Can Create national touring exhibit

CVS Caremark All Kids Can, a program of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust and CVS Caremark, and VSA, the international organization on arts and disability, are showcasing their commitment to supporting inclusive arts education with the announcement of the 2011 All Kids Can Create student artists.

June 8, 2011
Moody's gives CVS Caremark high rating among PBM competitors

Moody's Investors Service compared the three largest pharmacy benefit managers — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions — in a report issued Tuesday. While it maintained a positive view of all three, it gave CVS Caremark the highest credit rating.

June 8, 2011
Target finalizes location of Canada HQ

Target’s board has finalized the decision to locate the company’s Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, said president, chairman and CEO Gregg Steinhafel at a shareholders meeting in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

June 8, 2011
Walgreens, NMPG develop coordinated healthcare program

Walgreens and Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group of Chicago on Wednesday announced a new coordinated healthcare program in which Walgreens will share the results of appropriately timed pharmacist clinical interventions with primary care physicians of selected patients.

June 7, 2011
Safeway announces 11th annual prostate cancer awareness campaign

Safeway once again is raising funds to support prostate cancer research.

June 7, 2011
Take Care joins forces with Jacksonville, Fla., health system

Take Care Health Systems and Memorial Health on Tuesday announced a new relationship that will increase opportunities for clinical collaboration and improve patient access to high-quality, convenient and affordable healthcare options in the greater Jacksonville region.

June 7, 2011
Walgreens names first-ever chief diversity officer

Walgreens on Monday named Steve Pemberton the company’s divisional VP diversity and inclusion, making him the company’s first chief diversity officer.

June 6, 2011
Blog: Facebook inexpensive yet powerful marketing tool

The cost of acquiring a Facebook “liker?” Less than 13 cents per fan, according to a Media Logic blog posted last week.

June 6, 2011
CVS/pharmacy kicks off annual ALS fundraising campaign

CVS/pharmacy kicked off on June 5 its 10th annual in-store "Researching a Cure" fundraising campaign to support the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

June 6, 2011
Rite Aid promotes skin cancer awareness

Rite Aid is partnering with the Skin Cancer Foundation to launch a healthy skin care campaign for the summer, the retail pharmacy chain announced Monday.

June 6, 2011
Walmart Express makes debut

As promised, Walmart unveiled its smaller-format store concept, dubbed Walmart Express, this past week.

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