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First-quarter sales, profit fall short at CVS

First-quarter sales, profit fall short at CVS

CVS Health missed first-quarter expectations and lowered its fiscal 2024 outlook as increased medical costs hurt its Medicare Advantage business. Its revised outlook assumes that the higher medical costs in its insurance business will persist throughout the year, the company said May 1.

Walmart to close all 51 health centers

Walmart to close all 51 health centers

Walmart today said it has made the “difficult decision” to close its Walmart Health and Walmart Virtual Care clinics, citing a lack of profitability. “The decision to close all 51 health centers across five states and shut down the virtual care offering was not easy.

Kroger, Albertsons agree to divest more stores

Kroger, Albertsons agree to divest more stores

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. said Monday that they are planning to divest more stores in an effort to satisfy regulators and move their merger plans forward. The companies now intend to sell 579 stores under a revised deal with C&S Wholesale Grocers. That is 166 more than were called for in the

Andrea Harrison leaves CVS

Andrea Harrison leaves CVS

CVS vice president of merchandising for beauty and personal care Andrea Harrison has left the company for “a new opportunity,” she wrote on LinkedIn. After 19 years with CVS, “it was a bittersweet departure with so many memories and so hard leaving an amazing team,” she wrote.

Video Forum: Mark Baum, FMI

Video Forum: Mark Baum, FMI

Mark Baum, senior vice president of industry relations and chief collaboration officer at FMI – The Food Industry Association, tells this week’s Video Forum about the ongoing drive to elevate the presence of supermarket operators and their suppliers in the household products, general merchandise, an

99 Cents Only Stores is going out of business

99 Cents Only Stores is going out of business

The value retailer 99 Cents Only Stores LLC commenced going-out-of-business sales at all of its locations on Friday, as part of a plan to wind down its operations and close all its stores. The liquidation sale will include all 371 of the retailer’s stores, which are located in Arizona, California,