Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store
• Albertsons LLC has hit the 6 million mark in COVID-19 shots administered by its pharmacies and rolled out rapid antigen self-tests.
• Harris Teeter Inc. has teamed up with Lyft to provide customers transportation to COVID-19 vaccination appointments at its pharmacies.
Retail
• General Nutrition Centers, Inc. has ventured into the prepared meals market via a partnership with a weekly subscription meal service called RealEats. Plans call for the retailer to offer RealEats’ meal bundles through GNC.com starting later this year.
Restaurant
• Congress has introduced the Entrée Act that would add $60 billion in available funds to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The current fund is completely depleted and 64% of original applicants did not receive funds.