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Tennessee Kroger Pulls Gay and Lesbian Newspaper 

NASHVILLE – A Kroger store here has pulled a regional gay and lesbian newspaper from its shelves and the newspaper's publisher calls the action discriminatory, according to an Associated Press report yesterday. ...

Weight-Loss Drug Alli Hits Supermarkets This Week 

PITTSBURGH - Alli, the only Food and Drug Administration-approved over-the-counter weight-loss product, will be on shelves of pharmacies, grocery stores and mass merchandisers nationwide later this week, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare here said yesterday. ...

Safeway Starts Prostate Cancer Awareness Campaign 

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway said it is launching a month-long campaign to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research and education, starting last week....

First Bashas’ With Gas to Open This Month 

CHANDLER, Ariz. — Bashas' will open its first store with a gas station in Gilbert, Ariz., on June 30....

Whole Foods Launches Skin Care Promotion 

AUSTIN, Texas — To help its shoppers choose products for their skin, Whole Foods Market has launched the "Be Good to Your Whole Body" campaign in its Whole Body departments, the company said yesterday. ...

GMDC Study Validates Valentine's Cross-Merchandising 

PHOENIX — New research to be presented here yesterday at the General Merchandise Marketing Conference of Global Market Development Center, Colorado Springs, confirms the importance of interdepartmental cross-merchandising in building sales and market share, according to the researchers, said Jerry Friedler, an independent consultant based in Milton, Mass., who authored the study for GMDC. ...

Rite Aid Completes Eckerd/Brooks Deal 

CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. here on Monday finalized its purchase of 1,854 Eckerd and Brooks drug stores along with six distribution centers from Jean Coutu Group, Longueuil, Quebec. ...

MANAGING MANY MEDS 

More supermarkets are getting into the drug counseling business and are expecting it to add significant dollars to their pharmacy bottom lines. Medication...

H-E-B Sells Its Own Brand of Cell Phones 

SAN ANTONIO — H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here is now offering customers H-E-B prepaid cell phones and calling minutes. ...

GMDC Adopts New Name, Logo, Partners 

PHOENIX — GMDC, Colorado Springs, which discarded its original name of General Merchandise Distributors Council two years ago in favor of the letters GMDC alone, has elaborated on the abbreviation with the name, Global Market Development Center. ...

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