Luckily, most retailers and grocery stores like Trader Joe’s, Target and Publix have what you need for any kind of event — but what happens when Labor Day comes and something is missing from your elaborate end-of-summer soiree? It's almost inevitable that specific condiments, paper plates, charcoal, or a case of beer will be forgotten on Monday, Sept. 4, the official Labor Day holiday. Fortunately for last-minute shoppers, the majority of retailers and grocery stores in and near East Windsor will still be open for that last-minute assist. Most chain...

It’s a holiday that recognizes the contributions and achievements of American workers and is celebrated on the first Monday of September. Here’s everything you need to know about store hours on Monday for Labor Day 2023 (9/4/23). What stores are open on the Labor Day 2023? When do stores close? Many popular retailers are confirmed to be open on the Labor Day 2023. Here’s a list of retailers that will be open along with their store hours, according to their websites, Reader’s Digest and Country Living. Note: Shoppers should ultimately...

CVS Health will lay off about 1,000 workers assigned to Rhode Island and Connecticut offices, according to notices filed with labor officials in both states. The job cuts are part of a previously disclosed layoff that will eliminate 5,000 jobs company-wide. CVS, based in Woonsocket, R.I., said the layoffs include remote workers who live elsewhere but report to the company’s locations in Woonsocket and and Cumberland, R.I. and Hartford, where the Aetna health insurance unit is headquartered. About 200 of the employees assigned to Rhode Island facilities live in the...

Hundreds of CVS employees in Connecticut will find themselves without jobs by the end of the year, the company announced Friday. Of the 520 people being laid off — most of whom work in corporate — 306 are physically based in Connecticut, CVS confirmed to the Daily News. “We’re required to include employees who work remotely in other states but report to someone who is located in Connecticut,” a CVS representative said via email. The layoffs, which are scheduled to begin Oct. 21, were announced in a letter addressed to...

CVS Health says it will cut 521 jobs, including about 200 remote positions, at Hartford-based Aetna starting in October. The company filed a written notice about the layoffs with the state Department of Labor Friday. “These terminations will affect employees who work (and may also reside) in Connecticut, and also includes a significant number of employees who are outstationed (‘remote’) employees,” the notice reads. When factoring in remote workers who are being laid off, the company says “only 306 positions that are being terminated are held by Connecticut residents.” The...

A CVS store in West Hartford will close next month, the company said, as it cuts costs and shifts focus from retail to health care. “We’ve made the difficult decision to close our store at 978 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford on September 20. All prescriptions will be transferred to the nearby CVS Pharmacy at 150 South Main Street to ensure that patients continue to have uninterrupted access to pharmacy care,” the company said in a statement. “Patients can always choose to fill their prescriptions at any CVS Pharmacy, or...

WEST HARTFORD, CT — With seven CVS pharmacies in town, West Hartford residents are never far from getting their prescriptions filled or finding a last-minute gift. But next month, that will change as CVS this week announced it is closing one of the stores in town — 978 Farmington Ave. CVS spokersperson Amy Thibault, the company's director of external communications, confirmed Tuesday the pharmaceutical retail giant would shutter that store Sept. 20. She prescriptions at that location will be tranferred to the CVS pharmacy at 150 S. Main St. "to...

Shares of CVS Health Corp. CVS, shed 0.71% to $74.34 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, rising 0.58% to 4,489.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, rising 0.07% to 35,307.63. CVS Health Corp. closed $32.92 short of its 52-week high ($107.26), which the company reached on August 16th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, rose 1.56% to $140.57, UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, rose 0.57% to...

WOONSOCKET — Woonsocket-based CVS Health announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 5,000 of its 300,000 employees nationwide. The layoffs will affect jobs mainly at its corporate facilities, and cuts at its stores, pharmacies, clinics and customer-service centers will not be in jobs that deal directly with customers, the company said in a news release. Although the company did not announce the target number for layoffs yesterday, an internal message to employees on Monday said it was 5,000. The health care giant declined to specify how the cuts will affect...