In Other Business News

Supermarket, Grocery, & Convenience Stores

• Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace opened its Greenvale, N.Y., store at Wheatley Plaza on Aug. 14, continuing the grocer’s Long Island expansion and adding roughly 250 jobs.

• United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) named Alfredo Luchini Chief Financial Officer effective Aug. 10; Giorgio Matteo Tarditi moved from Chief Financial Officer to President and Chief Operating Officer as part of the company’s leadership restructuring.

Restaurant

• Cheba Hut opened a new restaurant in Clarksville, Tenn., on Aug. 14.

• Chicken Salad Chick announced its first Greater Cleveland-area restaurant in Fairview Park, Ohio, with an Aug. 25 opening planned.

• Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food opened a new restaurant in Argyle, Texas, on Aug. 14, extending the brand’s North Texas footprint.

• Mountain Mike’s Pizza reported two franchise agreements calling for six new restaurants across Queen Creek, Ariz., and South Carolina, expanding the brand’s development pipeline.

• Raising Cane’s opened a new restaurant in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Aug. 10 and reopened its remodeled College Station, Texas, restaurant on Aug. 12 as part of its August development schedule.

Retail

• Destination XL Group transitioned Board Chairman Lionel Conacher into the Interim Chief Executive Officer role as Harvey Kanter retired from the Chief Executive Officer position effective Aug. 11.

• Owens Corning appointed Jonathan Collins Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective Aug. 10; Todd Fister moved into the President and Chief Operating Officer role.

• Target named Chandhu Nair its first Chief AI Officer in an Aug. 11 leadership announcement; Purvi Shah was also elevated to Senior Vice President of User Experience.