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Stephanie Plaines joins the department store retailer with more than 20 years of experience at companies including Walmart and Ahold Delhaize.

The retailer's new CMO will lead several areas including marketing strategy, visual merchandising and customer engagement teams

The new additions to the Walgreens' team will help oversee the retailer's private brand portfolio.

Tops Market, a popular Northeastern grocery chain of 157 stores, is expanding on its private label coffee portfolio, along with adding a fourth in-store Starbucks location.

The company said it is a BPI-certified lid that works with leading brands of single-serve coffee makers.

A sales and marketing leader at the ingredients manufacturer and private label producer, Hughes is being promoted to a larger role that reflects her community outreach.

This month, Store Brands takes a deep dive into the coffee and tea categories, where private label maintains a strong position relative to national brands.

Chicago-based Foxtrot Market has raised $42 million in Series B funding, led by Almanac Insights and Monogram Capital Partners