{"id":16094,"date":"2022-05-26T15:25:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16094"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:25:51","slug":"in-other-business-news-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2022\/05\/in-other-business-news-53\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Albertsons LLC<\/strong> announced it will pilot Veeve Smart Carts at a few dozen select stores later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Buc-ee’s Ltd.<\/strong> recently opened its first store location in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>. reported it is putting 109 Circle K, Holiday and Couche-Tard convenience stores in the United States and Canada up for sale.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grocery Outlet Inc<\/strong>. is teaming up with Uber Eats to pilot its grocery delivery service.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lidl US, LLC<\/strong> has unveiled plans for a third store location in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Parker Companies<\/strong> has hired Douglas Parker as Senior Director of Marketing and Thomas Rutledge as Director of Construction.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wegmans Food Markets Inc<\/strong>. will open its first location in Washington, DC, on July 13.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0The Building Center Inc<\/strong>. has acquired a 130,000 sq. ft. facility in Georgetown, SC, that will serve as a manufacturing facility, and lumber and distribution center.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Camping World Holdings, Inc<\/strong>. has reached an agreement to acquire Richardson\u2019s RV Centers, which operates eight locations in California and Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Glossier Inc<\/strong>. announced Emily Weiss has stepped down from her role as CEO. Kyle Leahy will take over the role.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jeld-Wen Holding Inc<\/strong>. has promoted John Krause to Senior VP and General Manager, North America.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kohl\u2019s Corporation<\/strong> reported that Doug Howe, Chief Merchandising Officer, has left the retailer. Greg Revelle, Chief Marketing Officer, is expected to leave the company June 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0L & W Supply<\/strong> has opened a new branch in Plymouth, MN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. recently launched a 15,000 sq. ft. Backstage store on the eighth floor of its New York City Macy\u2019s store in Herald Square.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. said that it plans to close its personal styling concept, Trunk Club.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Psycho Bunny<\/strong> reported it plans to open 29 new U.S. store locations this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Talbots Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to close its Lakeville, MA, distribution center and lay off 277 people.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Under Armour Inc<\/strong>. said its President and CEO, Patrik Frisk, will be stepping down, effective June 1. In the interim, COO Colin Browne will serve as President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wayfair LLC<\/strong> recently opened a new store location in Massachusetts for its AllModern brand.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Arby\u2019s<\/strong> has released the first burger in company history with their Wagyu Steakhouse Burger.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Captain D’s<\/strong> has been purchased by private-equity firm Centre Partners. Centre Partners originally owned the fast food chain before they sold to Sentinel Capital partners in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Crave Hot Dogs & Barbecue<\/strong> has opened a new location in Colorado Springs, CO<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fat Brands<\/strong> has purchased Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip for an undisclosed amount. Fat Brands will begin rebranding the cafes as Great American Cookies.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Huey Magoo’s<\/strong> has opened a new location in Jacksonville, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Marco’s Pizza<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement to open 6 new location in Lubbock, TX by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks Corporation<\/strong> will permanently leave Russia after ceasing operations there earlier this year following the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tijuana Flats<\/strong> has opened their first location in Illinois in Oakbrook Terrace.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wendy\u2019s <\/strong>largest investor, Trian Fund Management L.P., is currently exploring options to take over the fast food company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Zaxby’s<\/strong> has promoted Mike Nettles to Chief Digital and Technology Officer and has hired Mike Mettler as Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons LLC announced it will pilot Veeve Smart Carts at a few dozen select stores later this year. \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee’s Ltd. recently opened its first store location in South Carolina. \u2022 Couche-Tard Inc. reported it is putting 109 Circle K, Holiday and Couche-Tard convenience stores in the United States and Canada up… 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-16094","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\/16094","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=16094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}