{"id":14656,"date":"2021-02-19T14:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14656"},"modified":"2021-02-19T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:19:05","slug":"datatrac-business-news-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/02\/datatrac-business-news-30\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

<\/a>\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. confirmed that additional Amazon Fresh locations are underway in Long Beach, CA, Woodland Park, NJ, Bellevue, WA and Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd<\/strong>. will open its first location in the state of Florida this month, in St. Augustine. Construction is underway in Daytona Beach for a second Florida location that is scheduled to open in March.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Cubby\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. announced Mike Wilson has joined the company as the new COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Par Pacific Holdings<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has entered into a purchase agreement for a sale-leaseback transaction involving 22 convenience-store properties in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0US Foods Inc<\/strong>. announced all 72 Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores will be rebranded as US Foods Chef\u2019Stores effective March 1.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Adidas America<\/strong> said it plans to sell or spin-off the Reebok brand.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Inc<\/strong>. is opening five new stores this month. A Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods in Concord, NC, and four Warehouse Sale locations in Friendswood, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Deer Park, NY, and Kissimmee, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Five Below Inc<\/strong>. plans to open 170 to 180 stores across the country during the next nine months.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0General Nutrition Centers, Inc<\/strong>. has announced that Josh Burris will assume the role of CEO. In addition, the retailer appointed Cam Lawrence as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0La-Z-Boy Inc<\/strong>. announced that Kurt L. Darrow will retire from his positions as President and CEO on April 25, 2021. He will remain Chairman. Melinda D. Whittington will take on his roles. Robert G. Lucian will become the new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Macy\u2019s, Inc<\/strong>. announced that Xingchu Liu has joined the company as Senior VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0National Lumber Co<\/strong>. reported that Michael McDole, Senior VP of Sales, is retiring effective March 31. The company also announced the promotion of Dean Wagar to Senior VP of Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Dan Shull to Senior VP, Chief Technology Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> announced the appointment of Christina Hennington to the new role of Exec VP and Chief Growth Officer. Jill Sando will become the company’s Exec VP and Chief Merchandising Officer. Rick Gomez has been named Exec VP and Chief Food and Beverage Officer. Stephanie Lundquist announced her plans to depart. Cara Sylvester has been promoted to Exec VP and Chief Marketing and Digital Officer. Katie Boylan has been promoted to Exec VP and Chief Communications Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Tractor Supply Co<\/strong>. reported that it is acquiring Orscheln Farm & Home LLC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0True Value Company<\/strong> announced that Dario Skocir will join the company as the VP of Supply Chain.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Burger King<\/strong> is entering the chicken sandwich wars by launching their own version of the chicken sandwich later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/strong> is offering remote employees access to online educational opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Clean Juice<\/strong> has promoted Dave Cuff to the role of Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dickey’s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> has launched three versions of their barbecue sauce that will be available by the bottle exclusively at Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> The brand also reached an agreement to expand into Australia.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0El Pollo Loco<\/strong> has entered new development deals with existing franchisees to bring new locations to California and Louisiana.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0McDonald’s Corporation<\/strong> is using executive incentives to help the company meet its goal of gender parity by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0MooYah Burgers & Fries<\/strong> has plans to build 15 to 20 locations in Phoenix, AZ., over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Roy Rogers Restaurants<\/strong> has named Gregg Koffler the VP of Franchise Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Pizza Guys<\/strong> has opened a new location in Berkeley, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Great Greek Grill<\/strong> has named Nick A. Della Penna as Brand President.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Wendy’s Company <\/strong>is continuing the chicken sandwich wars by releasing a new jalapeno popper chicken sandwich.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Twin Peaks Restaurant<\/strong> has opened a new location in Florence, KY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc. confirmed that additional Amazon Fresh locations are underway in Long Beach, CA, Woodland Park, NJ, Bellevue, WA and Seattle, WA. \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd. will open its first location in the state of Florida this month, in St. Augustine. Construction is underway in Daytona Beach for a second Florida location that… 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-14656","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\/14656","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=14656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}