{"id":14074,"date":"2020-09-04T12:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14074"},"modified":"2020-09-04T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:42:52","slug":"datatrac-business-news-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/09\/datatrac-business-news-8\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Circle K Stores Inc.<\/strong> has purchased <strong>Wadsworth Oil Co. of Clanton Inc.<\/strong> The acquisition includes a chain of 10 convenience stores in central Alabama.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Energy North Group<\/strong> is acquiring eight convenience stores in Maine from Tradewinds Markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Fresh Thyme Farmers Market<\/strong> has made changes to its logo and announced its new company name is <strong>Fresh Thyme Market<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Southeastern Grocers<\/strong> plans to sell 23 stores under its Bi-Lo and Harveys Supermarket banners to grocery wholesaler and retailer Alex Lee and independent operator B&amp;T Foods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Bed Bath &amp; Beyond Inc.<\/strong> has appointed Wade E. Haddad as Senior VP, Real Estate and Construction.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Busy Beaver Building Centers Inc. <\/strong>plans to open its 25th home center store in Delmont, PA, in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Dollar General Corp.<\/strong> is promoting Kathy Reardon to Exec VP and Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Foundation Building Materials LLC<\/strong> has acquired Marriott Drywall Materials, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> L &amp; W Supply<\/strong> has acquired the assets of Drywall Supply Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Lord &amp; Taylor<\/strong> is officially going out of business. The company announced that all of its remaining stores and website have begun liquidation sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> RTW Retailwinds<\/strong> has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Saadia Group LLC to sell its websites.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Target Corporation<\/strong> has hired Maurice Cooper as its Senior VP Marketing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Ulta Salon, Cosmetics &amp; Fragrance, Inc.<\/strong> expects to open 30 stores and relocate five this year. The company said that it expects to open at least 30 new stores next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.<\/strong> has named John Standley as the new President of Walgreens.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> has rolled out Walmart+, a membership program combining in-store and online benefits that offer delivery as quickly as the same day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> has opened its fifth Walmart Health location in Newnan, GA. The format will open in Jacksonville, FL, in 2021, with additional locations to be announced. The retailer also said three supercenters in Arlington, Benbrook and Carrollton, TX, will welcome in-store Oak Street Health clinics this fall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/strong> has opened a new location in Chesapeake, Virginia that will feature the company\u2019s signature Chipotlanes drive-thru.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Crave Hot Dogs &amp; Barbecue<\/strong> has reached a new franchise agreement to bring a location to the Dallas, Texas area sometime next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Curry Up Now<\/strong> has entered the chicken sandwich wars by launching their Tandoori fried chicken sandwich nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Del Taco <\/strong>has partnered with Beyond Meat and DoorDash to offer their plant based burritos for delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> FOCUS Brands Inc. <\/strong>has promoted Kristen Hartman to President, Specialty Brands and Erik Hess has been appointed President, Restaurant Brands. Both positions were newly created for their respective appointees.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Papa John&#8217;s International Inc.<\/strong> has a new pineapple supplier through their partnership with Dole Packaged Foods, LLC.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Red Lobster Seafood Co.<\/strong> has been acquired by minority shareholder Thai Union PCL from Golden Gate Capital.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Straw Hat Pizza<\/strong> is opening a new franchised location in Hollister, CA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> The Wendy&#8217;s Company<\/strong> has brought back their popular pretzel buns and has launched a new pretzel bacon pub cheeseburger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022 Circle K Stores Inc. has purchased Wadsworth Oil Co. of Clanton Inc. The acquisition includes a chain of 10 convenience stores in central Alabama. \u2022 Energy North Group is acquiring eight convenience stores in Maine from Tradewinds Markets. \u2022 Fresh Thyme Farmers Market has made changes to its logo and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/09\/datatrac-business-news-8\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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-14074","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\/14074","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=14074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}