{"id":15821,"date":"2022-02-11T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=15821"},"modified":"2022-02-11T09:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:22:02","slug":"in-other-business-news-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2022\/02\/in-other-business-news-38\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Aldi Inc.<\/strong> plans to open about 150 new stores in 2022 in the U.S., including its first location in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Kroger Co<\/strong>. announced that Mark Tuffin, Senior VP of Retail Divisions, will be retiring on April 1. Kenny Kimball will be taking over for him.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kum & Go L<\/strong>.C<\/strong>. is introducing a new store prototype. The \u201cBistro\u201d convenience store format is under 4,000 sq. ft. and designed for desirable locations that are too small for the retailer\u2019s other store models.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Murphy USA Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to open as many as 45 new stores and remodel 35 locations in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SpartanNash Company<\/strong> announced that customers are now able to pick up three complimentary N95 masks at pharmacies inside its corporate-owned grocery stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wakefern Food Corp<\/strong>. has announced Jeffrey Mondelli has been named VP of Grocery, Pat Mooney has been named VP of HBC and Nonfoods, Seth Nieman has been promoted to VP of Merchandising Support, Harshil Patel ><\/h4>\n

\u2022 ABC Supply Co. Inc<\/strong>. announced that it has acquired Seattle Cedar Supply, which has a single location at Snohomish, WA.
\nhas been promoted to Director of Pharmacy, and Francisco Alberto has been promoted to Director of Marketing and Sales Planning. Also, Michael Day has now assumed responsibility for Business Development and Member Services, as well as the Real Estate Division.
\n <\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. announced it has raised the price of its annual Prime membership from $119 to $139.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Container Store<\/strong> Inc<\/strong>. announced it will introduce a new loyalty program and launch a new mobile app at the end of March.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Costco Wholesale Corp<\/strong>. has promoted COO Ron Vachris to President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. announced Jake Willison has been named as a Software Engineer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hobby Lobby Stores Inc<\/strong>. reported it will open its first New York City location next year, in Staten Island.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Howard’s Appliances Inc<\/strong>. has announced Sabrina Bradford Warden as its new VP of E-Commerce.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Orvis Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. appointed Sheila Shekar Pollak to the newly created role of Chief Brand Experience Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 PVH Corp<\/strong>. has appointed Zac Coughlin as Exec VP and CFO, effective April 4.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Sherwin-Williams Co<\/strong>. will open a new global headquarters in downtown Cleveland, OH. The new headquarters is expected to open by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. reported that Musab Balbale, VP and General Manager of Beauty, is leaving the company. He will be joining CVS Health<\/strong> as Senior VP and Chief Merchant at the end of the month.
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Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Artichoke Basille’s Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new location in Jersey City, NJ.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Blaze Pizza<\/strong> Chief Culinary Officer Bradford Kent is planning to open his own restaurant, Bagel + Slice, in Los Angeles later this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cheba Hut<\/strong> has opened a new location in Albuquerque, NM.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chicken Guy!<\/strong> has hired Mark Ramage as VP of Franchise Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Clean Juice<\/strong> has promoted B. Quick Chadwick to Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dunkin’ Donuts<\/strong> has purchased 31 franchised locations with no plans to resell them.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Huey Magoo’s<\/strong> has plans to open 50 new locations by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jeremiah’s Italian Ice<\/strong> has opened a new location in Melbourne, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Krysta<\/strong>l has hired Manny Rodriguez as VP of Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 la Madeleine<\/strong> has promoted Christine Johnson to COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taco John’s<\/strong> has opened a new location in Topeka, KS.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill<\/strong> will be opening a new location in on February 14 in Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wienerschnitzel<\/strong> has promoted president J.R. Galardi to the role of CEO and President.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zaxby’s<\/strong> has opened a new location in Chattanooga, TN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. announced it has raised the price of its annual Prime membership…<\/p>\n

Dunkin’ Donuts<\/strong> has purchased 31 franchised locations with…<\/p>\n

The Kroger Co<\/strong>. announced that Mark Tuffin, Senior VP of Retail Divisions, will be…<\/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-15821","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\/15821","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=15821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}