{"id":15919,"date":"2022-03-25T10:39:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=15919"},"modified":"2022-03-25T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:39:31","slug":"in-other-business-news-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2022\/03\/in-other-business-news-44\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Albertsons LLC<\/strong> has begun providing rapid COVID-19 molecular testing at more than half of its pharmacies under a partnership with Cue Health.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bristol Farms<\/strong> has debuted its first Bristol Farms Newfound Market in Irvine, CA. The 34,000 sq. ft. store combines a food hall featuring seven of its own chef-created restaurant brands with Bristol Farm\u2019s signature grocery market.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GPM Investments LLC<\/strong> has promoted Ruth Ann Lilly to the position of Senior VP of Marketing and Merchandising.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Krasdale Foods Inc<\/strong>. announced Chris Lavoy is joining the company as VP of its Bravo Florida supermarket banner.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SpartanNash Company<\/strong> announced that David Sisk has been promoted to Chief Customer Officer, a newly created position.<\/p>\n

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Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Allbirds<\/strong> has opened a new 7,100 sq. ft. flagship store in New York City, the retailer\u2019s largest store yet.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. is opening its first same-day fulfillment center in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Foundation Building Materials LLC<\/strong> has entered into New Mexico after completing its acquisition of L&P Building Supply.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Foot Locker Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Samantha Lomow to the new position of President, Global Brands.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0House-Hasson Hardware Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has named William Hauge as Senior VP in addition to his role as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The J. Jill Group Inc<\/strong>. announced it expects up to 10 net store closures in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> will open 37 new Macy\u2019s store-within-store Backstage locations nationwide through June 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Neiman Marcus Group<\/strong> announced it has named Katie Anderson as Exec VP and CFO, effective April 4. She was previously at Guess? Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. announced it is opening two new Nordstrom Rack locations this fall in Phoenix, AZ, and in Riverside, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Swarovski <\/strong>North America<\/strong> has signed a lease to open a flagship store in Manhattan, NY. The two-level location will be 14,000 sq. ft. and is scheduled to open in November 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tailored Brands<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. reported that John Tighe, Exec VP and Chief Merchant, has been promoted to President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc<\/strong>. and VillageMD reported they will open three new Village Medical at Walgreens primary care practices in the Southern New Hampshire area by the end of summer 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Warby Parker Inc<\/strong>. announced it expects to open 40 new stores in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Weyerhaeuser Co<\/strong>. announced it will open a new distribution center in San Antonio, TX, in 2023.<\/p>\n

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Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0BurgerFi <\/strong>is testing in-car commerce that will allow customers to order from their 4-G integrated vehicles in exchange for data and tracking information from the user.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chick-fil-A<\/strong> announced that they will be turning their used cooking oil into renewable transportation fuel through a partnership with Darling Ingredients.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fazoli’s<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement that will bring 9 new locations to Phoenix over the next 3 years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0First Watch<\/strong> has raised their menu prices by 3.9% and cited inflation and rising costs as the cause. The company bucked the industry price hike trend last year by refusing to raise prices.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grubhub<\/strong> is being sued by the District of Columbia for false advertising relating to their fees and app charges.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0MooYah Burgers & Fries<\/strong> has hired Sarah Beddoe as VP of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mountain Mike’s Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new location in Woodland, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sbarro<\/strong> is planning to expand into convenience stores and travel centers later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sweetgreen<\/strong> will be opening their first drive-thru lane called the \u2018Sweetlane\u2019 later this year. The drive-thru will be pick-up only requiring customers to place an order digitally first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons LLC has begun providing rapid COVID-19 molecular testing at more than half of its pharmacies under a partnership with Cue Health. \u2022\u00a0Bristol Farms has debuted its first Bristol Farms Newfound Market in Irvine, CA. The 34,000 sq. ft. store combines a food hall featuring seven of its own chef-created restaurant… Continue reading 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-15919","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\/15919","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=15919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}