RETAIL NEWS

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Dave Wendland of Hamacher Resource Group will present, “Marketing at Shelf: The Last 100 Feet,” at the Chain Drug Marketing Association’s Annual Trade Expo in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The session will concentrate on the front-end opportunity and how drug store owners and managers need to focus on shelf strategy and retail execution to viably compete in the age of “see it, buy it” consumer activity.

TREVOSE, Pa. — Clarion Brands last week launched a new portfolio of Lipo-Flavonoid products addressing sleep and tinnitus. The newly launched products include the Sonorest Sleep Tones sound machine, Lipo-Flavonoid Night and The Lipo-Flavonoid Day/Night Kit.
 

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — QuickChek, operator of 10 New Jersey pharmacies, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with 10 weeks of special offers that began on Feb. 20.  Deals and savings include free coffee and fountain drinks to buy-one-get-one offers from QuickChek's menu of breakfast sandwiches, handcrafted subs and smoothies to freshly-made hot snacks and packaged goods.

SOUTHPORT, Conn. — Walmart, Kroger, Target, Walgreens, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Ahold USA, Cardinal Health and CVS Health were all named as top 50 U.S. corporations for inclusion by Omnikal (formerly Diversity Business). The Omni50 is a listing of the top 50 corporate and government buyers of products and services from an inclusive supply chain throughout the country.

Health is at a premium today, and everyone is searching for how to get it. This includes consumers, employees and companies.  Health through food is very much on the radar of supermarkets, drug stores and other retailers.

So it wasn’t surprising this topic came up recently at a high-level event for supermarket executives, the 2017 Food Marketing Institute Midwinter Executive Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Executives outlined new directions for food and health, and how consumers are searching for answers.