Updated 8:31 a.m.
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. is making more room for nutritious food and health product in its stores.
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USA Today reported Wednesday that the nation’s largest drugstore chain plans to introduce a new format at several hundred stores by the end of next year, which means removing candy from 25 percent of the space at the front counter.
While CVS will still sell candy bars and chips, it told the newspaper it plans to reorient 100 feet of aisle space per store toward products such as nutritious food bars, natural supplements and makeup without harmful chemicals.
Citing online competition, especially from Amazon, CVS also said it will sell fewer seasonal products and other general items.
USA Today reported that CVS has introduced the redesign at 800 of its 9,700 stores, with the upgraded stores experiencing an average sales increase of 2.5 percent.
Three years ago, the company abandoned tobacco sales as part of a business decision to focus broadly on health care.
