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Walgreens' Nice! Extends Food Offering

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens is following a playbook strategy used by many grocery chains in the national rollout of its store brand Nice!, which the company here announced on Thursday.

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  • May 7, 2012
    Article

    Walgreens Executive Shares Corporate-Brand Tips

    DALLAS — Getting company-wide input — from marketing to merchandising to category managers — is key to private-label success, said Laura Sturdevant, director of product development for private brands at Walgreens, Deerfield, Ill....More
  • May 3, 2012
    video

    FMI2012 Video: Interview With Laura Sturdevant

    Laura Sturdevant, director of product development, private brands, Walgreens, says her focus is on "how do retailers work with external agencies including manufacturers and design agencies to bring that best-of-class product to shelf." She was interviewed by Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert and SN Editor-in-Chief David Orgel at FMI2012 in Dallas....More
  • Mar. 29, 2012
    Article

    Drug Store, Club Channels Grow CPG Share

  • Mar. 26, 2012
    Article

    California Medicaid Cuts on Hold for Now

    SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week denied California’s Department of Health Care Services’ effort to suspend an earlier decision by a federal judge to block cuts in Medi-Cal, the state’s...More
  • Datasheet

    March 19, 2012: Drug Store, Club Channels Grow CPG Share

    The economy will continue to be the primary infl uence on CPG sales in 2012, according to “CPG 2011 Year in Review: A Search for Footing in an Evolving Marketplace,” a report from Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group....More
  • Jan. 23, 2012
    blog

    Rite Aid Encounters a Learning Curve in Food

    A reminder that retailers often face big hurdles in attempting to become food players....More
  • Jan. 23, 2012
    Article

    Store Brands 2012: Drug Interactions

    Pharmacy chains consolidate and refine lines to build loyalty and front-end profits....More
  • Jan. 17, 2012
    Article

    After Combo Test, Rite Aid Eyes Food Expansion

    CAMP HILL, Pa. — Although Rite Aid’s experiment with co-branded Save-A-Lot stores appears to be a limited run, the drug chain still has an appetite for food....More
  • Nov. 14, 2011
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    Supermarket News

    Walgreens to Launch No-Name Line

    CHICAGO — Walgreens will launch a no-name store brand within the next month or two. The brand will be defined by its imagery: “fresh and clean” graphics and a smiling sun, known internally as “Sunny Smile,” according to Laura Sturdevant, director of product development, private brands....More
  • Oct. 26, 2011
    article
    Supermarket News

    Walgreens to Offer Local Produce in Chicago

    CHICAGO — Nineteen expanded, retrofitted Walgreens locations located in Chicago food deserts — where residents lack sufficient access to fresh groceries — will soon be selling local produce through a partnership with Growing Power, a national non-profit organization focused on creating community food systems....More
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