{"id":14325,"date":"2020-11-06T09:06:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2020-11-06T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:06:52","slug":"datatrac-business-news-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/11\/datatrac-business-news-17\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> plans to remodel approximately 60 additional Stop & Shop stores in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Circle K Stores Inc.<\/strong> is expanding its presence in Northwest Florida with plans to open convenience store locations, as well as remodel others.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Giant Food LLC<\/strong> announced Irfan Badibanga has joined the company as Senior VP of Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0H-E-B<\/strong> recently opened its first location Lubbock, TX. The 122,000 sq. ft. store offers a Sporting Zone shop stocked with Texas Tech and local high school apparel and accessories, a True Texas BBQ, and a fuel station with car wash.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Majors Management LLC<\/strong> has acquired 14 Star Stop convenience stores and a portfolio of dealer supply accounts from Regal Oil Inc.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Murphy USA Inc.<\/strong> plans to open up to 50 new locations per year beginning in 2021.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Boise Cascade LLC<\/strong> promoted Jill Twedt to the position of Senior VP.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Genesco Inc.<\/strong> announced that Melvin G. Tucker, Senior VP and CFO, is resigning. In the interim, Mimi E. Vaughn, President and CEO, will assume the responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Home Depot Inc.<\/strong> has signed a lease to move into a store in Manhattan, NY, which spans more than 120,000 sq. ft. over four floors. The retailer plans to close a nearby store once the new location opens.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Kohl\u2019s Corporation<\/strong> announced it plans to open a new store in downtown Napa, CA. The new location will be 55,000 sq. ft. and is set to open in the first quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Lululemon Athletica Inc.<\/strong> announced Celeste Burgoyne will become President of the Americas. The company also announced the hire of Andre Maestrini to serve as Exec VP, International and Stacia Jones as VP, Global Head of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Pier 1 Imports Inc.<\/strong> announced it is opening a new online store after closing all its brick-and-mortar stores earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0TechStyle Fashion Group<\/strong> expects to double its Fabletics store count to 100 stores within the next couple of years.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0T.W. Perry<\/strong> announced it has recently acquired Peoples Supply Co. Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Under Armour Inc.<\/strong> announced it would exit between 2,000 and 3,000 wholesale doors in North America.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0US LBM Holdings, LLC<\/strong> has acquired Zeeland Holdings, LLC<\/strong>, with six locations in Michigan and Northern Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced it is testing using store locations as online fulfillment centers. Two stores have been converted, with two more to come soon.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Westlake Hardware Inc.<\/strong> announced Tony Jones has been promoted to VP of Finance and Controller. He replaces the retiring Pam Samulcek.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar<\/strong> has opened a new location in Howell, NJ.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Aurify Brands LLC<\/strong> has purchased Maison Kayser<\/strong>\u2019s New York City locations and plans to convert 10 of the restaurants into Le Pain Quotidien<\/strong> locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Blaze Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new location in Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Friendly’s<\/strong> is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The chain expects all their locations to remain open.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Inspire Brands<\/strong> has acquired Dunkin Donuts <\/strong>in an $11.3 billion deal.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0McDonald’s Corporation <\/strong>hired Reginald J. Miller as VP and Global Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer. The company also announced the return of the McRib limited menu item starting on December 2.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Noodles & Company<\/strong> has hired Carl Lukach as Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Panera Bread<\/strong> is testing beer and wine at five of their franchised locations in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Wingstop <\/strong>is testing bone-in chicken thighs at select restaurants. The move is meant to help offset the volatile prices of chicken wings. The company also opened a new location Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize plans to remodel approximately 60 additional Stop & Shop stores in 2021. \u2022\u00a0Circle K Stores Inc. is expanding its presence in Northwest Florida with plans to open convenience store locations, as well as remodel others. \u2022\u00a0Giant Food LLC announced Irfan Badibanga has joined the company as Senior VP of Operations.… 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-14325","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\/14325","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=14325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}