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Kroger launched 253 new items under its Our Brands line and reported digital sales growth of 16% and overall sales totaling $41.3 billion in the first quarter.

The grocer is partnering with Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and Turner Sports to encourage vaccinations in underserved communities in Atlanta.

Kroger’s giveaway, starting next week, will give people who have received their vaccine from Kroger Health a shot at winning one of five $1 million payouts totaling $5 million in cash prizes and a chance to win free groceries for a year.

The retailer joins a growing list of retailers that are changing their mask policies to reflect current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kroger joins a slate of other retailers that recently added the Abbott BinaxNow at-home antigen self-test product to their OTC diagnostics offerings.

The drone pilot, being conducted in partnership with Drone Express, will begin later this spring at a Kroger Marketplace location in Centerville, Ohio.

In her first remarks as NACDS chair, Kroger Health’s Colleen Lindholz stressed the role that NACDS plays in bringing companies together to leverage chain pharmacy’s collective strength. 

Kroger has expanded its one-of-a-kind Simple Truth recycling program to include all of its store brands.

Pharmacies are playing a central role in protecting against COVID-19 — here’s how leading retailers are doing it.

In its fourth quarter, Kroger reported that its total sales totaled $30.7 billion, and digital sales rose by 118%.

Donnelly, who has worked with the grocer for 42 years, will be retiring effective in the spring, Kroger announced Monday. 

The tool is able to handle more than 250,000 requests daily and will reflect the number of vaccine doses confirmed with Kroger’s system.