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SN Top 10: Walmart, CVS and Kroger top the week’s headlines
Supermarket News Staff
July 31, 2023
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In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, another Ohio CVS is in trouble ranked as the week’s top story. Last week, the Board released a report revealing how staffing issues were negatively impacting eight stores in the state. Now comes results of another inspection by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy that shows a CVS just outside Cleveland lost 1,800 doses of controlled substances and gave a patient the wrong medication, reports the Ohio Capital Journal. . Among other stories in this week’s gallery:
Kroger store converts to all-self-checkout experience;
NLRB: Kroger subsidiary engaged in unfair labor practices; and
Kroger, Albertsons on merger under proposed FTC/DOJ guidelines: No monopoly concerns.
In other news, Walgreens Health names Monica Reed new vice president of Health Centers strategy and operations, Amazon cuts jobs at Fresh grocery stores, Kroger and Albertsons merger could be affected by new FTC, DOJ guidelines.
Other top stories: Fresh foods flourish as grocery shoppers continue to shift spending, Demographic changes enhance demand for global foods; and SNAP recipients can now get Walmart at a discounted rate.
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