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  • Hy-Vee hands out $156K for community gardens in 7 states

    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee on Friday announced that it has given out $156,000 in One Step Garden Grants to fund 156 community organizations through its Hy-Vee One Step program. The grants will go toward purchasing seeds, plants, tools and good preservation equipment for community gardens that teach those in need about health and nutrition through the gardening process. 
     

  • CVS acquires Doc’s Drugs’ 14 stores

    WOONSOCKETT, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy is acquiring all 14 Illinois locations of Braidwood, Ill.-based Doc’s Drugs, the two companies announced recently. CVS Pharmacy said it plans to convert and rename the pharmacies by mid-July, and that it expects to retain as many of the Doc’s Drugs employees at the locations as possible.

  • McMillon highlights associates’ contributions at Walmart shareholders meeting

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is no stranger to innovation, but when defining the secret to the company’s success, Walmart’s chief executive Doug McMillon told shareholders at the company's 47th Annual Shareholders Meeting that he doesn't have to look far. He just has to look within the company’s proverbial four walls.

    During the event, McMillon said Walmart has “started to invent the future of shopping again.”

  • Walgreens, Susan G. Komen Chicago team on Rewards for Mammograms effort

    CHICAGO — As Susan G. Komen Chicago works toward its goal of cutting the number of breast cancer deaths in half by 2026, the organization has kicked off a collaboration with Walgreens to encourage mammograms. The organization and the retailer, alongside major Chicago-area healthcare providers, are collaborating on Rewards for Mammograms program to encourage 100,000 people to get mammograms by the end of October.

  • Industry mourns loss of former Costco exec Charles Burnett

    Charles “Charlie” Burnett, a longtime Costco pharmacy executive, passed away early in the morning on June 1, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced Friday. Burnett is being remembered for his work as a pharmacy pioneer who helped build and grow Costco’s pharmacy business. 

    During his lifetime, Burnett became the only person to win both of NACDS’ highest honors — the Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award and the Harold W. Pratt Award.

  • Amazon grows fulfillment capabilities in 2 states

    SEATTLE — Amazon is making moves to bolster its fulfillment capabilities in two different areas of the country with its latest distribution centers — one in Fresno, Calif. and one in Jefferson, Ga.

  • Walmart starts testing employee delivery

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has a new delivery team dropping off customers' online orders — but they don’t work for a major shipping company or third-party delivery venture.

  • HRG front-end expert to address HDA’s Business and Leadership Conference

    WAUKESHA, Wis.– Dave Wendland, Hamacher Resource Group’s VP strategic relations will be presenting at the Front-end Forum during the Healthcare Distribution Alliance’s Business and Leadership Conference in Phoenix. Wendland is presenting the Front-end Forum opening session and moderating a distributor panel about segmenting community pharmacies to deliver more personalized solutions.

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