{"id":13917,"date":"2020-07-31T09:42:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=13917"},"modified":"2020-07-31T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:42:32","slug":"datatrac-business-news-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/07\/datatrac-business-news-4\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Fairway Markets<\/strong> has agreed to sell two New York City stores to Bogopa Service Corp.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Kwik Trip Inc.<\/strong> has signed an agreement to acquire Stop-N-Go of Madison Inc.,<\/strong> which operates 36 convenience stores in Wisconsin and Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Lidl US, LLC<\/strong> announced Roman Heini, Chairman, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0McLane Company, Inc.<\/strong> announced Susan Adzick has been promoted to President. She succeeds Tom Zatina, who has been named Exec VP and Chief Strategy Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Schnuck Markets Inc.<\/strong> announced that Ryan Cuba will lead the company\u2019s merchandising department as its Chief Merchant. He replaces Steve Mayer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Stater Bros. Holdings Inc.<\/strong> announced Gil Salazar has been promoted to Senior VP of Information Technology.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc.<\/strong> recently opened a new 46,000 sq. ft. store in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Woodman’s Food Markets Inc.<\/strong> plans a company rollout this year of aisle-scanning robots from Badger Technologies.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Amazon.com Inc.<\/strong> will open an 855,000 sq. ft. fulfillment center in Mt. Juliet, TN, in late 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.<\/strong> has named Lynda Markoe as Exec VP, Chief People & Culture Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Inc.<\/strong> announced that it has appointed Monica Schwartz as Senior VP, Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Destination XL Group Inc.<\/strong> announced the promotion of Ujjwal Dhoot to Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Family Farm & Home Inc.<\/strong> will partner with RELEX Solutions, a provider of unified retail optimization solutions, to integrate and automate their supply chain.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0L&W Supply<\/strong> has named Gary Barnson, Nick Jansen, and Phil Orapello as Branch Managers.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Menard Inc.<\/strong> plans to open new locations in Elizabethtown, Louisville, and Paducah, KY. Plans for a new location in Bowling Green, OH, have been put on hold.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Nike Inc.<\/strong> announced Kellie Leonard, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, has stepped down. Felicia Mayo will lead a newly formed team as Chief Talent, Diversity and Culture Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span> Spahn & Rose Lumber Co.<\/strong> has named Mike Erickson as its new Regional Sales Director.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.<\/strong> announced that Stefano Pessina will be stepping down as CEO and will assume the role of Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced that it will open at least six Walmart Health centers in the greater Atlanta area by the end of 2020. The retailer also intends to open two of the facilities in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Bad Daddy’s International<\/strong> is launching a new Beyond Meat plant based burger at all locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Buffalo Wild Wings <\/strong>is launching a new limited time menu to celebrate wing month. The company saw a significant sales boost during the promotion in 2019 and is hoping to achieve the same result.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dickey’s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> has partnered with grocery chain Homeland<\/strong> to bring three versions of their barbecue beans to all Homeland locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Juice It Up<\/strong> has promoted Susan Taylor to President and CEO. Former CEO Chris Braun will still remain with the company as an owner.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0MOD Pizza<\/strong> has reacquired 13 franchised locations located in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0MOOYAH Franchise LLC<\/strong> is opening a new franchised location in Upland, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Sonic Corp. <\/strong>has unveiled a new restaurant design they are calling Delight. Tahlequah, OK, is the site of the first redesigned restaurant that features 18 docks, lawn games, and a new color scheme meant to evoke summertime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Fairway Markets has agreed to sell two New York City stores to Bogopa Service Corp. \u2022\u00a0Kwik Trip Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Stop-N-Go of Madison Inc., which operates 36 convenience stores in Wisconsin and Illinois. \u2022\u00a0Lidl US, LLC announced Roman Heini, Chairman, has left the company. \u2022\u00a0McLane Company, Inc.… 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-13917","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\/13917","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=13917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}