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Roger Carpenter
Roger Carpenter joined Osco in 1967, shortly after graduating from the University of Nebraska Pharmacy School. His first store...
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Stan Carlson
After graduating from Northwestern University in 1964, Stan Carlson joined Jewel Food Stores as a management trainee. Two years later,...
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Gerry Pearsall
Gerry Pearsall joined Osco in 1979 as a part-time camera clerk at #972 Lowell, Massachusetts while a sophomore in high school. During...
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Dean Kelsey
Dean Kelsey graduated from the University of Illinois with a Marketing degree in 1969. He started his Osco career at the Ashland Ave....
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Jerry Gonyo
Jerry Gonyo moved to Arizona and opened Trade Services Office in Scottsdale, Arizona to service Albertsons' general merchandise needs. ...
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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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