{"id":16384,"date":"2022-10-07T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16384"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:33:16","slug":"in-other-business-news-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2022\/10\/in-other-business-news-71\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Bashas\u2019 Inc<\/strong>. announced Jayson Mead has been promoted to VP of AJ\u2019s Fine Foods. The company also said it promoted Gabe Flores to Director of Produce at AJ\u2019s Fine Foods, and Jorge Alvarez as Director of Food City.<\/p>\n

\u2022 McKesson Corp<\/strong>. has signed an agreement to extend its partnership with CVS Health<\/strong> to distribute pharmaceuticals through June 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022 National Association of Convenience Stores<\/strong> reported that Don Rhoads was named as the Chairman for 2022-2023. Ken Parent was named Vice Chairman Communications and Treasurer, Lisa Dell’Alba was named Vice Chairman Legislative, Annie Gauthier was named Vice Chairman, Member Services, and Chuck Maggelet was named Vice Chairman, Research and Technology.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stater Bros<\/strong>. Holdings Inc<\/strong>. announced President Greg McNiff has taken on the added the title of COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 United Natural Foods Inc<\/strong>. has opened a 125,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Londonderry, NH.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Allbirds<\/strong> announced it will sell a selection of its products in 41 Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. store locations, as well as via its website.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Big C Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has acquired Delton Pole Building Supply Co. in Delton, MI.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BlueLinx Holdings Corporation<\/strong> has acquired Vandermeer Forest Products, a privately held wholesale distributor of building products.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. promoted Mallory Bates to Merchandise Manager, Building Hardware. Howard O\u2019Neil was promoted to Division Manager of Forest Products. Jon Timmerman was promoted to Product Sales Manager. Emilee Vance was named as an Application Analyst.<\/p>\n

\u2022 L & W Supply<\/strong> reported it has acquired Dana Wallboard Supply, Inc. based in Tyngsborough, MA.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Spanx<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. announced its Founder, Sara Blakely, has resigned from her position as CEO. Kim Jones was named her successor. Caroline Whitton has been promoted to President and will continue in her role as Chief Growth Officer. Misha Nonoo has been appointed as Chief Brand Officer. Martin Elliott has been appointed as CFO. Coco Lu has been named as Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Target Corporation<\/strong> announced Prat Vemana will join the company as Exec VP, Chief Digital and Product Officer as of Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

\u2022 ThirdLove <\/strong>will open its first store locations soon. Three stores will open in October in Washington, DC, Dallas, TX, and Boston, MA, with a fourth opening in early November in Scottsdale, AZ.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Arby\u2019s <\/strong>has named Rita Patel as Brand Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Burger King<\/strong> has updated their updated their classic \u201cHave it Your Way\u201d slogan to include the tagline \u201cYou Rule\u201d. It is part of the company\u2019s new branding plan that focuses on customization and customer individuality.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dunkin’ <\/strong>has named Jill McVicar as Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Marco’s Pizza<\/strong> has named Gerardo Flores as Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SYSCO<\/strong> is facing ongoing labor strikes at locations in Boston where 300 employees are picketing over failing contract negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Teriyaki Madness<\/strong> has named Ryann Frost as VP of Real Estate.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Halal Guys<\/strong> are planning to open 13 new locations by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Velvet Taco<\/strong> has named Michael Pereira as the company\u2019s first COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wienerschnitzel <\/strong>has named Rusty Bills to COO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, C-Store \u2022 Bashas\u2019 Inc. announced Jayson Mead has been promoted to VP of AJ\u2019s Fine Foods. The company also said it promoted Gabe Flores to Director of Produce at AJ\u2019s Fine Foods, and Jorge Alvarez as Director of Food City. \u2022 McKesson Corp. has signed an agreement to extend its partnership with CVS… 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-16384","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\/16384","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=16384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}