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Lidl Offers $200 for Worker Vaccines

The discounter said nearly 80% of workers intend to get pandemic vaccine as soon as it is available.

Adult Beverages

January for Some Means Keeping It Dry

The Lempert Report: Poll finds consumers are drinking more during the pandemic—and sometimes during the workday.

Industry Partners

Helping Workers Take Their Best Shot

By Jon Springer on Jan. 14, 2021

Dollar General and Instacart are offering time off or pay for workers to get vaccines—but they aren’t necessarily requiring it.

Retailers

Running a Grocery Store in D.C. During an Insurrection

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 11, 2021

Danielle Vogel worked on Capitol Hill before launching a grocery store. Amid the chaos of the past year and the past week, the grocery community helps everyone get through, she says.

Retailers

Pandemic Propels Amazon to Top of Dunnhumby’s Retailer Preference Index

By Jon Springer on Jan. 11, 2021

The digital retailer delivered on speed, price and quality, overtaking H-E-B and Trader Joe's, the annual survey showed.

Retailers

Walmart Has Closed More Than 20 U.S. Stores for Deep Cleaning in Past Month

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 06, 2021

In one Texas Walmart, 10 employees tested positive, local officials said.

Retailers

Stater Bros., Big Y Extend Hazard Pay and Bonuses

By Jennifer Strailey on Dec. 23, 2020

Just days after announcing it would reinstate hazard pay for its 18,000 grocery workers, Stater Bros. has extended its "hero pay" for an additional two weeks.

Retailers

Winsight Live: COVID Relief, Vaccine Distribution and Test Delivery

By WGB Staff on Dec. 22, 2020

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert dives into the COVID-19 relief bill and what is missing; GoPuff’s efforts to deliver COVID-19 test kits in 30 minutes or less; a CDC recommendation that grocery stores should be next in line for vaccines; and what two professors of chemistry said about eating outdoors amid a pandemic.

Retailers

Kroger Health to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Nationwide

By Jon Springer on Dec. 22, 2020

The healthcare arm of Kroger said it would to begin to administer vaccinations for priority recipients this week in Alaska; ShopRite co-op joins HHS pharmacy partnership.

Industry Partners

NGA, FMI ‘Disappointed’ by Omission of Liability Protection in Final Relief Bill

By Kristina Peters on Dec. 21, 2020

Limited liability protections were reportedly dropped by Republican lawmakers in exchange for Democrats ceding a demand that funding be earmarked by the agreement for financially strapped state and local governments.

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