{"id":13893,"date":"2020-07-24T09:20:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=13893"},"modified":"2020-07-24T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:20:06","slug":"datatrac-business-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/07\/datatrac-business-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Aldi Inc.<\/strong> plans to open more than 70 new stores by the end of the year. The company also plans to build a regional headquarters and distribution hub in Loxley, LA, set to open in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Fresh Market Inc.<\/strong> has appointed Brian Johnson Senior VP Store Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Hannaford Bros. Co.<\/strong> plans to phase out tobacco products at all of its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Kroger Co.<\/strong> has promoted Milen Mahadevan to President of its data science subsidiary 84.51\u00b0.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Pilot Flying J<\/strong> announced CEO Jimmy Haslam will become Chairman on Jan. 1, 2021, and Shameek Konar will succeed Haslam as CEO at that time.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Schnuck Markets Inc.<\/strong> has appointed Bill Bradley to serve as its Chief Marketing and Communications Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0TravelCenters of America Inc.<\/strong> recently opened its first location in Florida.<\/p>\n

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Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ace Hardware Corp.<\/strong> has promoted Alison Dowell to the role of President and General Manager of Emery Jensen Distribution.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Big Lots Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced Jack Pestello has taken the role of Exec VP, Chief Merchandising Officer, filling the shoes of outgoing Lisa Bachmann.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Inc.<\/strong> is opening two new locations in New York in early 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dollar Tree Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced Michael Witynski has been promoted to President and CEO, replacing the retiring Gary Philbin.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0L.L. Bean Inc.<\/strong> is opening three new stores in Ontario, Canada by the end of this year. The company also announced an agreement to sell its products in Nordstrom, Staples and Scheels stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Lowe\u2019s Companies Inc.<\/strong> announced Lisa Schoder will join the company in a new role as VP Media.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Nike Inc.<\/strong> announced Amy Montagne is taking the role of VP, General Manager of Mens, Whitney Malkiel is taking the role of VP, General Manager of Womens, and McCallester Dowers is taking the role of VP, General Manager of Kids.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Rent the Runway<\/strong> has appointed Ellen Shultz as Chief People Officer and Larry Steinberg as CTO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Rue21<\/strong> is opening three new locations this month in South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Tailored Brands, Inc.<\/strong> announced that Jack Calandra, Exec VP, CFO and Treasurer, will leave the company as of July 31.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Tapestry, Inc.<\/strong> announced that Jide Zeitlin, Chairman and CEO, has resigned from the company. Joanne Crevoiserat has been appointed Interim CEO. Todd Kahn was appointed Interim CEO and Brand President of Coach. Andrea Shaw Resnick was tapped as Interim CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.<\/strong> named Mike Maresca its new CTO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.<\/strong> is entering a new partnership with For Eyes Corp.<\/strong> in which the companies have launched a co-branded website, For Eyes at Walgreens.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Canada<\/strong> plans to invest $3.5 billion over the next five years to simplify the online and in-store shopping experience, including the creation of 150 \u201cstores of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. is expanding its stand-alone health clinic, Walmart Health, in Florida next year.<\/p>\n

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Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Elite Restaurant Group<\/strong> is opening a new Slater\u2019s 50\/50 restaurant in Denver, CO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Golden Franchising Corp.<\/strong> has signed a new franchising deal that will add 20 new restaurants to Las Vegas, NV. No time frame has been announced for the expansion.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Marco’s Pizza<\/strong> announced a new franchise development plan in Palm Beach County Florida. The plan will add 13 new restaurants by 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Mountain Mike’s Pizza<\/strong> is opening a new location in Newport Beach, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Pie Five Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new restaurant in Corvallis, OR.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Potbelly Corporation<\/strong> has named Robert D. Wright President and CEO. He succeeds Alan Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. <\/strong>announced that Executive Chairman Michael O\u2019Donnell will be stepping down on Dec. 9. O\u2019Donnell will remain on the board of directors.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Wendy’s Company<\/strong> has rolled out a new rewards program and app. Customers will earn points per $1 spent among other rewards and the program will not apply to purchases made through third party apps.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walk-On’s Enterprises<\/strong> is opening a new restaurant in Orlando, FL. and a new location in Amarillo, TX. Both locations are planned to open on July 27.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Whataburger<\/strong> will begin franchising again and is planning to expand into Missouri and Tennessee. Further details have not been revealed, but the company is also planning to redesign their logo and branding.<\/p>\n

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Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. plans to open more than 70 new stores by the end of the year. The company also plans to build a regional headquarters and distribution hub in Loxley, LA, set to open in 2022. \u2022\u00a0The Fresh Market Inc. has appointed Brian Johnson Senior VP Store Operations. \u2022\u00a0Hannaford Bros. Co.… Continue reading DATATRAC: In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-13893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}