Every Big Y World Class Market location will hold an on-site multi-vaccine clinic for all customers, employees and their families from Sept. 26 until Oct. 2. All stores will offer seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccines, and stores with an on-site pharmacy will also offer a variety of vaccines including seasonal flu, pneumonia, shingles, COVIOD Tdap,…
Bidi Vapor Distributor Kaival Brands Reports Third Quarter Results
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, the exclusive global distributor of Bidi Vapor’s Bidi Stick, released results for its fiscal year (FY) 2021 third quarter. Bidi Vapor is the a disposable electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) intended exclusively for adult consumers 21 and over. Effects of FDA Review Process Kaival said in a statement that the company…
Gradual Recovery Continues for Restaurant Industry
Despite bad weather and the delta variant spread, consumer online and physical restaurant visits in August continued to recover from last year’s steep declines, according to market analyst The NPD Group. U.S. restaurant traffic increased by +5% over the -10% decline in August 2020 and declined by -5% compared to the pre-pandemic level in August…
Big Y Hosts Vaccination Clinics at Local Schools
Big Y partnered with Springfield Public Schools (SPS) to host a series of school-based vaccination clinics for SPS middle and high school students, their families and school staffs, with the first clinic taking place at Central High School on Sept. 22 for the duration of the school day. “This is an incredible commitment on the…
Beverage Sales Expected to Grow Through 2025
According to the update of Packaged Facts’ benchmark coverage of retail beverage sales in Beverage Market Outlook 2021: Retail Beverage Trends & Consumption Preferences, sales of the major beverage categories are forecast to increase 2.2% per year from 2020 to 2025 but not at a steady rate over that period. Sales spiked in 2020 due…
White Castle Offers Cash Prizes to Vaccinated Team Members
White Castle announced a monthlong program to thank its own team members who opt for the vaccine: $100,000 in cash prizes. The family-owned business has been an ardent supporter of essential workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, giving free meals to healthcare workers, making food deliveries to grocery and food retail workers, and offering discounts to…
Pandemic Led to Increase in Retail Security Threats
Organized retail crime and numerous other security concerns evolved in 2020, and most retailers attribute the increase in criminal activity to the pandemic, according to the 2021 Retail Security Survey released by the National Retail Federation. “Retailers have continuously pivoted throughout the pandemic to ensure their employees can work within a safe environment and their…
CITGO Emerges From Pandemic, Overcomes Other Hurdles
CITGO Petroleum Corp. reported its second quarter 2021 performance results, including net income of $3 million, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $214 million and adjusted EBITDA of $208 million, marking the company’s first profitable quarter since the third quarter of 2019. “Given the multiple challenges we have faced during 2020 and…
Restaurant Recovery Moves Slow and Steady
The second quarter of this year reflects a period during which state and local governments lifted pandemic restrictions, restaurants reopened, people got vaccinated and consumers used restaurants more than they did throughout the pandemic, reports The NPD Group. Consumer spending at restaurants was up 32% in the April-May-June 2021 quarter compared to the same quarter…
NRF Chief Economist: Vaccination Is Key to Economic Recovery
The economy is growing quickly, but its future still depends on slowing the coronavirus pandemic as consumers worry about new variants of the virus, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. Meanwhile, a labor shortage and supply chain disruptions are setting the stage for increased inflation. “We are now in the second half of…