{"id":15201,"date":"2021-07-16T09:33:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=15201"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:33:41","slug":"in-other-business-news-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/07\/in-other-business-news-10\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 BP Products North America Inc<\/strong>. is taking full ownership of Thorntons LLC<\/strong> after more than two years as part owner as part of a joint venture.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hy-Vee Inc<\/strong>. announced it has named Dr. Daniel Fick as its first Chief Medical Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Kroger Co<\/strong>. announced that Steve McKinney, Senior VP of Retail Divisions, will retire effective August 7. Valerie Jabbar has been named as his successor.<\/p>\n

\u2022 McLane Company<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. is hosting a national hiring day on July 16 in hopes of hiring more than 2,000 people.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Save-A-Lot Holdings<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. reported it has a goal of remodeling more than a third of its locations by the end of this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SpartanNash Company<\/strong> plans to launch its first micro-fulfillment center, in Caledonia, MI, to fill orders for its Fast Lane online grocery service.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. has pledged to hire more 100,000 U.S. veterans and military spouses by 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Big Lots Stores Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Gurmeet Singh as its new Exec VP, Chief Technology Officer. He will replace Stew Wenerstrom who will be officially retiring in October following a transition period.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. reported it is looking to hire up to 50,000 employees between now and Labor Day.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fossil Group<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Holly Briedis to the new role of Exec VP, Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 L & W Supply<\/strong> reported that it has acquired the assets of DAICO Supply, with locations in Carrollton and Ft. Worth, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. has acquired a minority interest in four apparel brands, including Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ross Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced that Travis Marquette, Exec VP and CFO, has resigned.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sam\u2019s Club<\/strong> has reportedly begun testing a new in-store service that provides a ship-to-home option in which customers scan products in store.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walgreens Boots Alliance<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. and VillageMD announced plans to open 29 Village Medical locations in Houston, Austin and El Paso, TX, by the end of the year. The companies will open the co-located clinics at Walgreens stores as they continue to push for 600 of the clinics over the next four years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced a pilot program with The Back Space, in which some locations will feature health care centers specializing in chiropractic and spinal care services. The company has revealed 5 of its 10 planned locations in Walmart stores.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop Inc<\/strong>. will be opening 15 new franchised locations in Florida. The first two locations are set to open later this summer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dickey’s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> announced that their virtual brand Wing Boss is planning to open their first physical location later this summer in Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Farmer Boys Food Inc<\/strong>. will be opening a new location in Chino, CA, next month.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Krystal <\/strong>has hired Kaitlin Stoehr as Director of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Long John Silver’s<\/strong> has partnered with a new network systems provider across all of their locations in order to provide employees with tablets and Wi-Fi for customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Panda Express<\/strong> is testing a plant-based version of their original orange chicken in select locations in New York and California.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Panera Bread<\/strong> has launched a swim wear line and merchandise that is based off of their most famous soups.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc.<\/strong> will be adding chicken nuggets to the menu at the end of July. The nuggets are battered and fried in the same style as their popular chicken sandwich.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rush Bowls<\/strong> will be opening a new location in Dallas, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Subway<\/strong> has launched their new menu refresh and the company has recruited 5 popular athletes to push the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taco Bell<\/strong> is releasing their limited time offering Nacho Fries for the seventh time.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tony Roma’s<\/strong> has named Ramon Bourgeois as COO and acting CEO after being acquired by Equity Investors of New England Inc.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Union Square Hospitality Group<\/strong> has hired Marissa Freeman as Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walk-On’s Enterprises<\/strong> has opened a new location in Hammond, LA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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