Influential Women: Colleen Wegman, Wegmans
In retiring as president and chief executive officer of Wegmans Super Markets, in 2017, Danny Wegman expressed confidence in the succession plan that elevated his daughter, Colleen, to the corner office.
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Influential Women: Lael Wilder, H-E-B
H-E-B strives to live up to its Here Everything’s Better motto through initiatives aimed at making life better for residents of the Lone Star State, where most stores are located. Empowering H-E-B’s customers to be proactive about their health and wellness is one such initiative.
Influential Women: Amy Wittry, Hy-Vee
As senior vice president of marketing for Hy-Vee, Amy Wittry is focused on increasing brand loyalty for the $13 billion grocery retailer. “My role is to be the voice of the customer — understanding them and how they engage with our brand — and creating greater customer loyalty and trust
Video Forum: Brian Nightengale, Inmar Intelligence
In this week’s Video Forum, Brian Nightengale, the new president of health care solutions at Inmar Intelligence, discusses how data-driven tools and insights can make community pharmacy and other aspects of health care more productive operationally, while at the same time enhancing patient care.
Unilever to spin off ice cream business
LONDON – Unilever PLC plans to spin off its ice cream unit that is home to the Ben & Jerry’s, Wall’s and Magnum brands as part of a restructuring, the company announced March 19. “Ice cream has a very different operating model,” the company said in announcing the plan.
FMI announces leadership promotions
ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI, The Food Industry Association, announced it is promoting key staff members to elevated roles.
NRF forecasts retail sales to reach at least $5.23 trillion in 2024
WASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation today forecast that retail sales will increase in 2024 between 2.5% and 3.5% to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion.
Industry mourns the passing of H-E-B’s Robert Morton
Robert Morton, an innovative leader who worked as the director of healthy living at H-E-B, suddenly passed away while attending the Expo West show. He was 56 years old.
NACDS RxIMPACT presents 2024 Grassroots Awards
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) RxIMPACT grassroots advocacy program announced several grassroots recognitions during the 2024 NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill Welcome Dinner on Wednesday, March 13.
CRN said it shares concerns about tianeptine
The Council for Responsible Nutrition responded to a letter from U.S.
HRG adds Beth Maas to its owners group
WAUKESHA, Wis. – HRG has added Beth Maas, SPHR, to the company’s owners group, effective January 1, 2024. Maas, HRG’s director of human resources, has been with the company since 2006.
Jeff Needham receives CHPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) awarded its Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award to longtime industry leader Jeff Needham at the opening session of its annual Self-Care Leadership Summit (SLS)today in Florida.
Kroger is selling its specialty pharmacy business
Kroger Co. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its specialty pharmacy business to CarelonRx, a subsidiary of Elevance Health.
Meat is still on the menu for Americans, study finds
The number of Americans who describe themselves as meat eaters (80%) and the number of households that purchase meat (98%) remain steady from 2023, while the number seeking to decrease meat consumption has fallen by 20% since 2020, according to the 19th annual Power of Meat report released on Monday
Circana announces its U.S. CPG Growth Leaders
CHICAGO – Circana on Monday announced the leading companies in its latest Growth Leaders rankings. The firm analyzed the growth performance of hundreds of public and private consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies ranging from $100 million to $60 billion in annual sales to develop the rankings.