{"id":14735,"date":"2021-03-19T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14735"},"modified":"2021-03-19T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:16:25","slug":"datatrac-business-news-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/03\/datatrac-business-news-34\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

<\/a>\u2022<\/span>\u00a0 Amazon.com Inc.<\/strong> is planning to open at least 28 new Amazon Fresh stores soon.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Fresh Market Inc.<\/strong> has made a preliminary filing for an initial public offering.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Giant Company<\/strong> announced Glennis Harris is joining the company as Senior VP of Customer Experience, succeeding John Ponnett, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hy-Vee Inc.<\/strong> plans to open 40 new locations in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Plum Market<\/strong> announced it has opened a new store location in Cleveland, OH.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Schnuck Markets Inc.<\/strong> plans to launch Schnucks Fresh, a smaller-format store set to open this summer in Jasper, IN.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sobeys Inc.<\/strong> plans to buy a 51% stake in Canadian grocer Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 SpartanNash Company<\/strong> announced it has promoted Todd Riksen to VP, Corporate Controller. Tammy Hurley, VP of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will retire on April 23. The retailer appointed Jason Monaco as Exec VP and CFO. He will assume the position from Mark Shamber, who will remain with the company through the end of April to assist with a transition.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Christopher & Banks Corporation<\/strong> announced that Keri Jones has resigned as President, CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Primark USA<\/strong> has opened its first store in the Midwest, in Chicago, IL. The retailer has also signed leases for a new store in Philadelphia and two stores in New York.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rocky\u2019s Ace Hardware<\/strong> has acquired Clarke\u2019s Hardware in New London, NH.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Scotch & Soda<\/strong> will open 15 stores during the next six months, part of its three-year strategic plan to open at least 100 new stores and remodel at least 150 locations by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tailored Brands, Inc<\/strong>. announced that Dinesh Lathi will step down from his role as President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ulta Salon<\/strong>, Cosmetics & Fragrance<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. announced that Dave Kimbell, President of the company, will succeed Mary Dillon as CEO on June 2. In other changes, Kecia Steelman will be promoted to the role of COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart Canada<\/strong> plans to invest more than $500 million this year to remodel its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. has hired Brandon Maxwell as Creative Director for its fashion brands.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Burger King<\/strong> announced that Tom Curtis has been hired as the company\u2019s new COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Crave Hot Dogs & Barbecue<\/strong> will be opening a new location in Concord, NC.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Golden Corral Buffet & Grill<\/strong> has opened a new location in Effingham, IL.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Noodles & Company<\/strong> announced that they have taken the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge. They join almost 2,000 other companies that have taken the pledge.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pizza Hut<\/strong> has launched a new marketing campaign that features an augmented reality version of the Pac-Man game that customers can interact with using their smartphone.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Slim Chickens<\/strong> will be opening an express location at Pennsylvania State University later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill<\/strong> has named Nichole Robillard as VP of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Starbucks Coffee<\/strong> will be testing their new cold pressed coffee at select locations later this year. The company also announced that they plan to achieve carbon neutrality for their green coffee by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Subway <\/strong>will be moving some of their departments away from their Connecticut headquarters and to Miami in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taco John’s<\/strong> has added a new value menu to all of their restaurants after a successful test run last year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Texas Roadhouse<\/strong> founder and CEO Kent Taylor has passed away. President Jerry Morgan has been promoted to the role of CEO as per a succession plan that Taylor laid out before his death.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Halal Guys<\/strong> have signed an agreement to open their first location in Ohio later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 TopGolf International, Inc <\/strong>announced that Artie Starrs will take over as CEO effective April 5th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Torchy’s Tacos<\/strong> is planning to propose and IPO later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walk-On’s Enterprises<\/strong> will be opening a new location in Melbourne, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wingstop Restaurants Inc<\/strong>. announced that Chief Development Officer Madison Jobe has retired. No replacement has been named at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0 Amazon.com Inc. is planning to open at least 28 new Amazon Fresh stores soon. \u2022 The Fresh Market Inc. has made a preliminary filing for an initial public offering. \u2022 The Giant Company announced Glennis Harris is joining the company as Senior VP of Customer Experience, succeeding John Ponnett, who… 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-14735","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\/14735","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=14735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}