RETAIL NEWS

KEASBEY, N.J. — ShopRite unveiled its in-store dietitians’ Top 10 Picks for healthy eating, which the company states can be used to pack nutrition into easy and delicious recipes that fit a customer’s individual health goals and budget.

The Top 10 Picks, part of the retailer’s Well Everyday campaign, features signage, food demonstrations and other promotions on display until early June. Well Everyday debuted in store, online and on social media platforms on April 24.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS on Wednesday providing updates on three pillars that support its corporate social responsibility report, entitled Prescription for a Better World.

“We are committed to making health care more affordable and accessible, reducing our environmental impact, and operating our business with integrity. These priorities are represented by the three pillars that support our strategy,” CVS stated in the report.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Shareholders of CVS Health on Wednesday named Mary L. Schapiro, the 29th chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the first women to serve as SEC chairman, to its board of directors during its annual meeting of stockholders.

In welcoming Schapiro to the corporate board, Chairman David W. Dorman commented on the unique expertise she would bring to CVS Health.

ZAANDAM, the Netherlands — Ahold Delhaize, parent company to several U.S. supermarket chains, including Stop & Shop, Giant, Food Lion and Hannaford, revealed in its 2017 first quarter in the United States, sales were impacted by continuing price deflation, adverse weather and the timing of Easter, but were offset by the delivery of strong synergy savings in the quarter.

QUEBEC — McKesson Canada, a leading supplier of automation equipment and technology solutions to Canadian hospital and retail pharmacies, on Tuesday announced significant enhancements to its PACMED Core software platform that support customers, improve the efficiency of compliance packaging for patients, advance packaging accuracy and further enhance pharmacy workflow.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — BJ’s Wholesale Club on Tuesday announced a $1 million donation from its foundation to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. BJ’s donation, its largest single donation to any organization to date, will support local food banks on the East Coast by providing infrastructure to support growth and resources to handle additional perishable food.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Meijer is making a new wave in the healthy eating trend.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — The clock for the Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid merger was definitively set Monday evening as the two companies announced that they have certified substantial compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's Request for Additional Information.