Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store

• Hy-Vee Inc. is expanding its coronavirus diagnostic services with the launch of rapid antigen COVID-19 testing at 47 pharmacy locations.

• The Ohio Department of Health has chosen Cardinal Health to support its efforts in distributing COVID-19 vaccines to 350 locations and 88 counties.

Retail

• CVS Health is preparing 10,000 health care professionals to give the COVID-19 vaccine.

• General Nutrition Centers, Inc. has added an at-home COVID-19 test to its offerings. The self-administered testing kits are available on the company’s website.

• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. announced it plans to hire about 25,000 people across the U.S., including up to 9,000 pharmacists and other health care workers, to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Restaurant

• Domino’s Pizza has set aside $9.6 million to give their frontline workers a bonus worth up to $1,200.

• SBE Entertainment Group has purchased 22 locations of Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery after the company filed for bankruptcy due to COVID-19. The 22 locations will be remodeled into a new concept store called EllaMia.

• SPB Hospitality has launched a new ghost kitchen concept called Twisted Tenders. Ghost kitchen concepts have become very popular during the pandemic.