Consumables

PHILADELPHIA — What if? What if you could break down the process of capturing lightning in a bottle into its base components — the key ingredients that you could combine to be successful over and over again?

PHILADELPHIA  — The Emerson Group in late September hosted its 10th Annual Retail Industry Day to a packed room with hundreds of merchants eager to discover how to better proposition their products for tomorrow's ever-evolving consumer.

They weren't disappointed.

CAMP HILL, Pa. — From Halloween to harvest, Rite Aid has every part of fall covered. Whether they're hosting a monster bash, trick-or-treating across town or decorating for all of fall, customers don't have to look any further than Rite Aid for their costume, décor and party needs.
 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo — Global Market Development Center and ReposiTrak, a wholly owned subsidiary of Park City Group, on Thursday partnered on an offering to enhance the discovery process and improve collaboration in essential non-food and high-gross margin categories for all channels.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Beginning Sept. 28, Publix will begin testing curbside grocery pickup at two locations in Florida. In addition, Metro-Atlanta stores will begin testing curbside pickup by the end of this year.

“We’ve had great success with Publix Delivery powered by Instacart, and the demand for online grocery services has continued to grow," stated Maria Brous, director of media and community relations, Publix. "So we’re excited to test Publix Curbside and learn more about how to best meet the evolving needs of our customers.”

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy’s largest location featuring its new store format is now open to shoppers at the “crossroads of the world.” The company’s new two-story flagship Times Square location features CVS Pharmacy’s expanded health and beauty focused format the company rolled out earlier this year.

CINCINNATI — Kroger has launched a new website to welcome local and emerging brands to partner with the company.

BOISE, Idaho — The acquisiton of Plated by Albertsons on Wednesday reverberated across retail as Albertsons successfully incorporated two key customer-capture elements into their business model – a personalized product selection coupled with a subscription option – and at the same time helped accelerate adoption of a trending meal kit service offering.

Among the key projected outcomes of this deal is for Plated to become the first omnichannel meal kit offering with national scale.