Meijer, Inc.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Grocers are not alone in tapping into the demand for in-store health clinics. Chain drug leader Walgreen Co. here said it will partner with Take Care Health Systems to open in-store health clinics inside more than 20 stores in the Kansas City and St. Louis metro areas this summer.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer here is celebrating the grand opening of its newest store this morning in Normal, Ill., as the first of five new sites the chain will open in 2006.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreen Co. said yesterday that it had named company president Jeffrey A. Rein to the additional position of c.e.o., effective July 12, coinciding with the company's next board of directors meeting. Rein will retain his title as president, while current c.e.o. and chairman David W. Bernauer will remain as chairman. The executive moves are part of Walgreen's long-range leadership succession planning.

HOUSTON -- The Network of Executive Women (NEW) based here and Western Michigan University's Food Marketing Program are teaming up again this year to present an executive lunch program, "Becoming a Phenomenal Woman Leader," that will include a leadership workshop and an executive women panel.

NEWARK, Del. --Through a sponsorship from Try-Foods International, Inc., up to 10 retailers will receive $1,000 towards their expenses to attend the 2006 PMA Retail Produce Solutions Conference (RPSC) to be held March 9 to March 11 in Houston.

GRAND RAPIDS Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here is among the finalists for two gold awards, in the Retail Advertising & Marketing Association's (RAMA) 2006 Retail Award for Creativity innovation and excellence (RACie).

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer, Inc. here is apparently adding financial smarts to the executive suite, selecting former state treasurer Mark Murray to take over as its president, effective in August.

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