Walmart

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it would begin selling certain generic prescription drugs for $4 in 11 new states, bringing the total to 38 states. In addition, the company announced that it's adding 17 more prescriptions to the program.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here got the green light it was looking for earlier this week, as the Chattanooga City Council approved rezoning for a new $10 million Publix grocery store in Hixson, Tenn.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Following a successful pilot at its Aurora, Colo. "green" store, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., plans to outfit light-emitting diode (LED) display lighting in low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores.

NEW YORK -- When asked to name which major store or retailer does the best job of catering to the Hispanic or Latino consumer, Hispanic Americans who participated in a recent survey named Wal-Mart most often, according to GfK Omnibus Services, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. The research group released results from its Hispanic OmniTel Retail Study yesterday.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Following a successful pilot at its Aurora, Colo. "green" store, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., plans to outfit light-emitting diode (LED) display lighting in low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores.

NEW YORK -- When asked to name which major store or retailer does the best job of catering to the Hispanic or Latino consumer, Hispanic Americans who participated in a recent survey named Wal-Mart most often, according to GfK Omnibus Services, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. The research group released results from its Hispanic OmniTel Retail Study yesterday.

CORNUCOPIA, Wis. -- The Cornucopia Institute here, which describes itself as an "organic farming watchdog," has filed a formal legal complaint with the USDA to look into allegations of illegal "organic" food distribution by Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cornucopia said it has documented cases of nonorganic foods being sold as organic in the megaretailer's grocery departments.

CORNUCOPIA, Wis. -- The Cornucopia Institute here, which describes itself as an "organic farming watchdog," has filed a formal legal complaint with the USDA to look into allegations of illegal "organic" food distribution by Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cornucopia said it has documented cases of nonorganic foods being sold as organic in the megaretailer's grocery departments.