The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester will work with local Walmart stores to collect school supplies for disadvantaged families this weekend for its annual “Stuff the Bus” event. Stuff the Bus will take place Aug. 6 through Aug. 8 at ...

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What worked last week doesn’t necessarily work this week.  That’s pretty much what essential retail businesses are dealing with as they carry on in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a few days ago, many companies were voluntarily providing ...

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A nickel can be a powerful thing. Last summer Wegmans conducted a pilot study at two stores to see how customers would react if single-use plastic grocery bags were removed even before a statewide ban goes into effect March 1 ...

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Four Target stores in the Rochester area are the latest to offer drive-up service. The service allows customers to purchase items online through an app and have them delivered to their car within two minutes of arriving at the Target ...

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Walmart is showcasing Victor’s Michele Liddle, owner of The Perfect Granola, as an example of small entrepreneurs who get a big boost by pitching their products to the giant retailer. Walmart is accepting applications for new vendors through April 30 ...

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Needing more truck drivers to serve some 110 stores in New York, Walmart is initiating several wage hikes for New York drivers that can increase first-year pay to $87,500. According to a Walmart spokeswoman, drivers earn their money through per-mile ...

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Stores seem to have scaled back on how early they’ll open on Black Friday or, more accurately, on Thanksgiving. But they’ve redoubled efforts to grab consumer dollars. Ads for the big box stores’ Black Friday deals went out early in ...

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Walmart and Sam’s Club customers can triple their donations for hurricane relief by donating through the stores for a 2-to-1 match. The donations will go to the Foundation for the Carolinas. Walmart Inc. said both of its stores will match ...

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A Victor entrepreneur will be making a pitch to Walmart on Wednesday, hoping to expand the market for The Perfect Granola nationally. Michele Liddle, who heads the company she and her husband, Jason Liddle, started two years ago, will travel ...

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Walmart has announced plans to remodel 15 New York stores, including one in Greece, at a cost of $52 million over the next year. Details on exactly what would happen at the store at 3800 Dewey Ave. were not available, ...

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While closing some 63 Sam’s Club stores around the country, including two in the Rochester area due to close Friday, the company that owns Sam’s Club and Walmart said it will up starting pay, expand maternity and parental leave benefits ...

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United Way of Greater Rochester has received a $150,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation for its early childhood home visitation programs. The grant, awarded through the foundation’s state giving program, will help United Way increase the number of professional home ...

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