{"id":14242,"date":"2020-10-09T09:03:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14242"},"modified":"2020-10-09T09:03:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:03:06","slug":"datatrac-business-news-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/10\/datatrac-business-news-13\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0CPD Energy<\/strong> is preparing to debut a new logo and branding for its Chestnut Market locations. The new logo design will affect 55 existing stores in the Northeast and will roll out to dozens of stores over the next two years.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0GPM Investments LLC <\/strong>completed the acquisition of Empire Petroleum Partners’<\/strong> fuel distribution and retail locations<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0KeHE Distributors<\/strong> has signed a distribution pact with National Co+op Grocers, a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops across the United States.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Kwik Chek Convenience Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced it plans to rebrand all of its locations to Texas Born (TXB).<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Lipari Foods Inc.<\/strong> announced Nick Lenzi has joined the company as VP of Business Development.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Sysco Corporation<\/strong> announced that Tim Orting will be its new Exec VP and President of International Foodservice Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0QuikTrip Corp.<\/strong> announced Mike Thornbrugh is retiring as Manager of Public and Government Affairs in December.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0United Natural Foods Inc.<\/strong> has signed a 10 year primary grocery wholesale agreement with Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Wegmans Food Markets Inc.<\/strong> will open a new store in Tysons, VA, on Nov. 4. An additional nine stores are planned for the Mid-Atlantic region, including Greenville, DE; Rockville, MS; Cary, Chapel Hill, Holly Springs and Wake Forest, NC; Alexandria and Reston, VA; and Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Inc.<\/strong> will open eleven stores in October, including six namesake locations, two combination Dick\u2019s and Golf Galaxy locations and three Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Warehouse Sale clearance outlets. In addition, Dick\u2019s will open a limited number of Soccer Shops inside select store locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Home Depot Inc.<\/strong> named Edward “Ted” P. Decker as President and COO. Ann-Marie Campbell has been named Exec VP of U.S. Stores and International Operations. Jeff Kinnaird has been promoted to Exec VP of Merchandising. Michael Rowe has been promoted to President of The Home Depot Canada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The J. Jill Group Inc.<\/strong> has appointed Claire Spofford as CEO, effective February 15.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> has signed a deal with Klarna which allows Macy\u2019s customers to make payments in four equal, interest-free installments at online checkout.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Bartell Drug Company<\/strong>. The store locations will continue to operate under the Bartell Drugs name.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0True Religion Apparel Inc.<\/strong> has received approval for its reorganization plan and expects to keep more than 50 of its store locations open.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Untuckit <\/strong>is partnering with payments solution platform Sezzle Inc. to introduce a new omnichannel payment option that allows customers to buy now and pay later.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Del Taco<\/strong> is opening a new location in Columbus, OH.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dog Haus International LLC<\/strong> has opened a new location in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Farmer Boys Food Inc.<\/strong> has opened a new location in Perris, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Huddle House<\/strong> has opened a new location in McMinnville, TN.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0KFC<\/strong> has launched a new signature sauce and has reformulated their existing sauces.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ledo Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new location in Oxen Hill, MD.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0McDonald’s Corporation <\/strong>has added blueberry muffins, apple fritters, and cinnamon rolls to their permanent menu. The company is also launching the J Balvin celebrity meal that is set to replace the Travis Scott meal.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Mountain Mike’s Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new location in Davis, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Papa John’s Pizza<\/strong> has named Ann Gugino as Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers<\/strong> is donating $100,000 to hurricane relief agencies in states that have been devastated by storms this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0RAVE Restaurant Group Inc<\/strong> has hired Darren Webb as Director of Development and Dion Firooznia as franchise business consultant for Pizza Inn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Simply Southern Restaurant Group LLC<\/strong> has opened a new location Madison, MS.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Taco John\u2019s<\/strong> has hired Brad Bergaus as Executive Chef.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Teriyaki Madness LLC<\/strong> has opened a new location in Bakersfield, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Zaxby\u2019s<\/strong> has opened a new location in Gray, GA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0CPD Energy is preparing to debut a new logo and branding for its Chestnut Market locations. The new logo design will affect 55 existing stores in the Northeast and will roll out to dozens of stores over the next two years. \u2022\u00a0GPM Investments LLC completed the acquisition of Empire Petroleum Partners’… 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-14242","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\/14242","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=14242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}