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Len Thielen
Len Thielen started his carrier with the company as a part timer at Jewel Foods at 106 S Laramie, Chicago, Illinois on June 5, 1959. He...
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Barbara Salerno
Barbara Salerno joined Osco as an in-house temporary employee in August, 1977. It didn’t take long before her excellent skills were...
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Diane Heatter
Diane Heatter joined Osco as an in-house temporary employee at 1818 Oak Brook, Illinois in October, 1975. She worked with Tom Nielsen on...
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Charlie Haeffner
I’m attaching a picture of myself and my wife that just went through better than 1 year of Chemo for Lymphoma cancer. She was diagnosed...
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Peggy Pfaltzgraff-Holden
On August 6, 2007 it was announced that six female executives at SUPERVALU were named to a trade magazine's list of top female executives...
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Supervalu gives up retail biz in $3B sale
Supervalu is being acquired in a deal that will mark the former grocery giant’s exit from retailing. The company said Thursday that it is...
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Walgreens rolls out drug disposal kiosks in California
Walgreens has deployed 50 safe medication disposal kiosks in drug stores across California. The drug chain said Friday that the kiosks...
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CVS Pharmacy opens at Target stores in Utah
CVS Health has opened its first CVS Pharmacy locations inside Target stores in Utah. CVS said Thursday that the 13 new pharmacies are at...
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Supervalu adds chief innovation officer to c-suite, among other changes
Supervalu on Tuesday announced that veteran wholesale executive James Weidenheimer, 57, has been named to the newly-created position of...
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Albertsons names new executive to oversee East region
Albertsons Cos. said Friday Susan Morris has been named EVP, retail operations, for its East region. She succeeds Kelly Griffith, who...
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Dollar General plans to ramp up expansion
Over the next two years, Dollar General Corp. plans to open nearly 2,000 new stores. The deep discount chain said late Wednesday that...
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Haggen stores to be acquired by Albertsons
Food and drug retailer Haggen Inc., under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since last fall, is slated to become part of Albertsons LLC....
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Rite Aid comp-store sales decline in February
Comparable-store sales continued to edge down at Rite Aid Corp. in February, but the drug chain reported sales gains for its 2016 fiscal...
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McKesson to acquire Rexall for $1.9 billion
McKesson Corp. plans to acquire Canadian drug store operator Rexall Health from Katz Group for $1.9 billion ($3 billion Canadian)....
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Drug stores see decline in customer satisfaction
Customer satisfaction with drug stores fell last year as part of an overall decline among retailers, according to the American Customer...
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Rite Aid launches expanded rewards program
Rite Aid Corp. has expanded its wellness+ loyalty program with the chainwide rollout of Plenti, the coalition rewards program that the...
Jun 16, 20214 min read


First-quarter earnings drop at Walgreens
Net earnings at Walgreen Co. fell by 25% to $413 million in the fiscal first quarter as a result of declines in prescription volume and...
Jun 16, 20211 min read


Rite Aid Q3 Marks 1st Profit Since FY ’08
Rite Aid Corp.reported net income of $61.9 million during the fiscal third quarter that ended Dec. 1 — the company’s first quarterly...
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Kodak sells digital imaging patents
Kodak is selling its digital imaging patents for $525 million, the bankrupt photography company said. The sale of the more than 1,100...
Jun 16, 20211 min read


Walgreens to stay open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day for last-minute shopping
Walgreens will keep stores open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to allow last-minute Christmas shopping, the retail pharmacy chain...
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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