{"id":14518,"date":"2021-01-15T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14518"},"modified":"2021-01-15T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:52:45","slug":"datatrac-business-news-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/01\/datatrac-business-news-25\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> has promoted Dave Meyer to COO. The company also announced that Troy Vosburgh has joined Coborn\u2019s as VP of Fresh Merchandising. In addition, Dusty Kerssen was named Senior Director of Human Resources, Chris Schlichting was named Director of Continuous Improvement, and Peter Coborn was named Director of Strategic Pricing.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc.<\/strong> announced Chris Hobson has been named the company\u2019s Exec VP and COO. Andy Newkirk was promoted to Senior VP of Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0RaceTrac Petroleum Inc.<\/strong> opened a new convenience store in Alabama, marking the chain\u2019s reentry into the state after 15 years. The company plans to build more stores in Alabama through 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Schnuck Markets Inc.<\/strong> announced Ted Schnuck has been promoted to VP of Fresh.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ashley Stewart<\/strong> has named Gary Sheinbaum as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.<\/strong> has appointed Kristi Argyilan as Senior VP, Brand Innovation. In addition, Jim Reath was named as Senior VP, Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Curtis Lumber Co. Inc.<\/strong> announced that it has acquired Wiley Bros., Inc.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0CVS Health<\/strong> announced Laurie Havanec is joining the company as Exec VP and Chief People Officer, effective Feb. 8. She will succeed Lisa Bisaccia, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Family Video<\/strong> announced it is closing all its remaining stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0IKEA North America<\/strong> has opened its first smaller format store in the U.S. The store in Queens, NY, is 115,000 sq. ft.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Jaeger Lumber & Supply Co.<\/strong> announced that it has acquired West Essex Building Supply<\/strong> Co. Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0La-Z-Boy Inc.<\/strong> announced the appointment of Robert Sundy as Senior VP and Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Love\u2019s Furniture Inc.<\/strong> has filed for bankruptcy protection. The retailer hopes to emerge from bankruptcy with less inventory and a reduced portfolio of 12 stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Tiffany & Co.<\/strong> announced it has named Anthony Ledru as CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Urban Outfitters Inc.<\/strong> announced Trish Donnelly, CEO, will be leaving the company as of January 31, 2021, to pursue a new career opportunity. Sheila Harrington will become CEO for both Urban Outfitters Group and Free People Group. Additionally, Gabrielle Conforti, currently the Chief Merchandising Officer for the Urban Outfitters brand, has been promoted to President, Urban Outfitters North America.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Classic Restaurants LLC<\/strong> is planning to open a new drive-thru only concept for their Southern Classic Chicken franchise.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dave’s Hot Chicken<\/strong> has opened their first international location in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Eureka! Restaurant Group<\/strong> announced the CEO Justin Nedelman has left the company and they have promoted Eric Berman to the newly created position of President.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Farmer Boys Food Inc.<\/strong> has launched a new value menu that will be available at all locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Krasdale Foods Inc.<\/strong> has promoted Cynthia Ramos to Chief Sales Officer and Howie Kent has been named Director of category management.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Inspire Brands<\/strong> has promoted Navin Sharma to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Services Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Main Event Entertainment, LP<\/strong> has hired Tony Wehner as COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Marco’s Pizza<\/strong> has promoted Tony Libardi to President and co-CEO. He will serve alongside current CEO Jack Butorac during a long-term transition period.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0MGM Resorts International<\/strong> has hired Jonathan Halkyard as CFO. Previous CFO Corey Sanders was appointed as COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Muscle Maker Inc.<\/strong> has launched a second ghost kitchen location in Philadelphia. The company is also planning to launch five virtual concepts this year. A new burger concept and a smoothie concept are planned to launch in Chicago within the next month.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs<\/strong> is now available in Canada through third-party delivery apps.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.<\/strong> is expanding their partnership with Donatos Pizzeria LLC<\/strong> and plans to bring Donatos Pizza to 120 Red Robin Restaurants this year. There are currently 79 Red Robin Restaurants that feature Donatos pizza.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Slim Chickens<\/strong> has opened a new location in Herriman, UT.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Spice Wings<\/strong> and The Original Hot Dog Factory<\/strong> have been acquired by Pivotal Growth Partners.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Straw Hat Pizza <\/strong>has opened two new locations. The first location is located in Seaside, CA and the second is in Fremont, CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc. has promoted Dave Meyer to COO. The company also announced that Troy Vosburgh has joined Coborn\u2019s as VP of Fresh Merchandising. In addition, Dusty Kerssen was named Senior Director of Human Resources, Chris Schlichting was named Director of Continuous Improvement, and Peter Coborn was named Director of Strategic Pricing.… 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-14518","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\/14518","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=14518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}