In Other Business News

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store

• Cosentino’s Food Stores opened its first ChopMore! cost-plus discount store Oct. 27 in Kansas City, MO, converting a former Price Chopper.

• Green Trail Fuels acquired all 25 Littlefield Express convenience stores and travel centers in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

• H-E-B opened a 125,000-square-foot store on San Antonio’s far East Side on Oct. 28.

• Kroger broke ground Oct. 29 on a $41 million Kroger Marketplace in Hockley, TX, its first new Houston-area store in a decade.

• Wegmans will anchor the redeveloped Galleria of Mt. Lebanon with a 110,000-square-foot store, its second planned for the Pittsburgh area.

Restaurant

• Cafe Rio named former Cava operations executive Adam Klaers COO and promoted Julie Boyster to Chief Brand Officer.

• Dine Brands Global adopted a one-year stockholder rights plan on Oct. 28 amid reported takeover interest.

• Guac Mexi Grill signed a 95-unit, 10-year U.S. development agreement covering Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen parted ways with Chief Marketing Officer Matt Rubin less than a year after his appointment.

• Wendy’s confirmed Oct. 28 it received an unsolicited $7.35-per-share, roughly $1.4 billion take-private proposal from a group including Trian and Flynn Group, though no final decisions have been reported.

Retail

• Aritzia unveiled a five-year plan at its Oct. 27 investor day calling for 12 to 14 new boutiques a year and about 220 boutiques by fiscal 2032.

• Boot Barn raised its fiscal 2027 store-opening target to 75 to 80 and approved a second distribution center in Kansas City.

• Raymour & Flanigan plans showrooms in Danvers, MA, and Nashua, NH, its first in New Hampshire, both slated for late 2027.

• Roots was acquired by Marquee Brands in a go-private deal that closed Oct. 26; President and CEO Meghan Roach stepped down.

• The RealReal named former eBay executive Alexis Hoopes Chief Merchandising Officer, effective Nov. 2.