In Business News

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store

• Coborn’s Inc. recently opened its first Coborn’s Market & Table concept store. The 60,000 sq. ft. location is in Plymouth, MN.

• Kwik Trip Inc. recently opened a new distribution center in DeForest, WI.

• Mitsuwa Corp. recently opened a new location, in Cypress, CA.

• Murphy USA Inc. said that Mindy K. West, its current COO, will also serve as President of the company. She will succeed Andrew Clyde who will retire.

Restaurant

• Burger King Worldwide Inc. announced Nico Henrich has been promoted to COO of U.S. & Canada.

• Chick-fil-A Inc. recently opened a new restaurant concept, called Daybright. The first location is in Hiram, GA.

• Church’s Chicken announced the appointment of Bobby Morena as Chief Development Officer.

• Hot Palette America Inc. plans to open at least 25 new Pepper Lunch restaurants in California and Texas.

• Paris Baguette USA Inc. recently opened its 250^th North American location. The company plans to expand in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.

• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. has named Peter Perdue as President of its U.S. and Canada Systems. He succeeds Jeff Klein, who is leaving the company.

• The Portillo Restaurant Group announced Michael Ellis, its Chief Development Officer, has left the company.

• The Rock Wood Fired Pizza has closed all but two of its locations. The restaurants remaining are in Lakewood, CO, and Lake Tapps, WA.

• Smalls Sliders Franchising LLC has appointed Ryan Crumley as its new Chief Development Officer. Michael Alberici has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer.

• White Castle Management Co. announced the promotion of Chris Shaffery to Senior VP of Operations.

Retail

• Bath & Body Works has appointed Maly Bernstein as Chief Commercial Officer and Samantha Charleston as Chief Human Resources Officer.

• Builders FirstSource Inc. has acquired Lengefeld Lumber Co. LLC in Temple, TX.

• Dollar General Corp. has appointed Travis Nixon to the newly created role of Senior VP of Artificial Intelligence Optimization.

• Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. announced its CEO, Thomas Taylor, is stepping into the role of Executive Chairman.  He will be succeeded by Bradley Paulsen, who is currently serving as President.

• IKEA North America is partnering with Best Buy Co. Inc. to open in-store planning and shopping experience at 10 Best Buy stores in Florida and Texas.

• Jeske Hardware Distributors has hired Nick Philemon as an Account Manager for the company’s Mid-Atlantic Sales Territory.

• Pet Supplies ‘Plus’ Inc. has partnered with Instacart to offer delivery options to its customers across the country.

• Saks Incorporated reported that Bill Bine, Rob Brooks, and Emily Essner have left the company. Kim Miller has been named Chief Customer Officer. Genny Siller has been named Senior VP and General Manager of Saks Off 5^th.

• SPAR Group Inc. has named James Gillis as its new Executive Chairman. Josh Jewett recently joined the company as its new CTO.

• Tory Burch LLC has named Joelle Grunberg as President of North America.