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Bartell Drugs opens 14th CareClinic amid flurry of store openings
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs opened another CareClinic by Kaiser Permanente to its roster on Monday. The new clinic, located at the company’s newest store in Snoqualmie ridge, will be open seven days a week.

“Patients come to our CareClinics for quality and convenient care,” Kaiser Permanente clinician and CareClinic chief Michael Erickson said. “We’ve proven that CareClinics live up to the promise of quickly diagnosing and treating common ailments. We get you in, taken care of and on your way for an affordable price.”
Food Lion mobile app looks to streamline shopping experience
SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion is stepping up its digital engagement game.

A banner under Delhaize America, Food Lion launched a mobile app Tuesday. Available to customers across its 10-state footprint, the app streamlines and personalizes the shopping experience.

Publix cuts stock price as Q2 sales increase

LAKELAND, Fla. — Florida's largest supermarket chain on Tuesday reported higher sales and revenues for its second quarter. Prior to releasing its results, the company cut the price of its stock.

Publix’s sales in the second quarter rose 3.6% to $8.4 billion, from last year’s $8.1 billion. Same-store sales increased 1.6%.

Net earnings increased 3.5% to $495.1 million, compared to $478.2 million in the year-ago period.
Food Lion completes 93-store revamp, hires 1,000 associates

SALISBURY, N.C. — Ahold-Delhaize’s Food Lion division is set to unveil a new shopping experience for customers in 93 Greensboro, N.C.-area stores with celebrations on Aug. 2. The company has invested $178 million in remodeling the stores, lowering prices and hiring associates, as well as donating to local community efforts

The company will be giving away $10 gift cards and thermal tote bags to the first 100 customers at the revamped locations following a 7:45 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony.
Supervalu’s same-store sales dip as wholesale sees growth

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Same-store sales at SuperValu dropped 4.9% for the first quarter of 2018, but the company has a few irons in the fire that may help it bounce back — perhaps as soon as the second quarter.

Net sales in the first quarter were $4 billion, up 6.3% from the same quarter last year. Total net sales within the wholesale segment were even better, soaring 12.4%.
Shoppers Drug Mart sees Q2 sales growth

BRAMPTON, Ontario — Shoppers Drug Mart parent company Loblaw recently shared its second-quarter financial results, posting increases in same-store sales for the drug store chain. Its Loblaw grocery chain saw modest sales growth, due largely in part to the timing of Easter.
CVS Health makes naloxone available without an Rx in South Dakota

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Thursday that the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone is now available without an individual prescription at all CVS Pharmacy locations in South Dakota. Under a collaborative practice agreement between CVS pharmacists and a local physician, CVS pharmacies, located inside Target stores in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, can dispense the medication to patients without the need for a separate visit to a prescriber.
Walgreens helps older adults avoid slips and falls on 'Senior Day'

DEERFIELD, Ill. — To help reduce the risk of injury from slips and falls, and to educate seniors in its communities, Walgreens will offer injury prevention tips and advice when it hosts a Senior Day at its stores nationwide on Aug. 1.
GlaxoSmithKline names former Walmart CIO to top tech post

LONDON — GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced that Karenann Terrell has been appointed chief digital & technology officer with a company-wide remit to transform how new technologies are used to improve performance across GlaxoSmithKline. Terrell will join GSK Sept. 4 and will be a member of the corporate executive team.

Terrell's previous role was chief information officer for Walmart, where she led a multi-year effort to transform Walmart in the use of data, analytics and digital engagement with its customers.
Walgreens relocates pharmacy operations support center to Chandler, Ariz.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens on Tuesday announced the relocation of its Tempe pharmacy operations support center. The current facility in Tempe will remain open as a pharmacy mail services support facility to allow for future growth.