Corporate Responsibility

Rite Aid has named a 30-year company veteran to the newly created post of group VP of risk and controls.

New York -- The top executives at Whole Foods Market have issued a mea culpa via social media in regards to an investigation that found instances of incorrectly priced products at their stores in New York City.

Dublin, Calif. -- dd’s Discounts, a division of Ross Stores, Inc., opened its newest Arizona store on June 27 – a 22,000-sq.-ft. unit in North Tucson.

The newest store is located in the Oracle Gateway off of North Oracle Road and Pastime Road, 3.7 miles north of downtown Tucson, and it brings the total number of stores in the Tucson area to four.
 

The Modesto, Ca.-based Save Mart chain of 217 supermarkets has embarked on a major rebranding effort in the Bay Area where a new 61,000-sq.-ft. protoype bears a reimagined Lucky California banner.

The parent company of Winn-Dixie, BI-LO and Harveys said all profits generated at its nearly 800 stores on July 4 will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.

The project’s Independence Program is designed to help warriors who need to rely on their families and friends for support due to injuries they have suffered, such as brain injury, spinal-cord injury, or other neurological conditions. Individualized plans are created with goals to provide a future with purpose at no cost to the warriors or their support teams.

New York -- The top state for business is a high-tax, high-wage, union-friendly, cold-climate state, according to an annual ranking by CNBC.
 

In the midst of its strongest growth in year, Meijer and its produce partners are touting the company’s $100 million locally grown commitment.

Rite Aid will be teaming with the Skin Cancer Foundation for the eighth consecutive year to provide Rite Aid customers free private screenings with a local dermatologist volunteer.