{"id":16427,"date":"2022-10-28T09:53:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16427"},"modified":"2022-10-28T09:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:53:16","slug":"in-other-business-news-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2022\/10\/in-other-business-news-74\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 GPM Investments LLC<\/strong> has agreed to acquire Pride Convenience Inc.<\/strong>, which operates 31 convenience stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Harps Food Stores Inc<\/strong>. plans to acquire Supermarket Operations Inc. <\/strong>with seven stores in central Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc<\/strong>. reported it has opened its 600th location in Perry, OK.<\/p>\n

\u2022 PCC Community Markets<\/strong> announced Chris Naismith has been named CFO. The company also has appointed Susan Livingston as VP of Marketing, and Michele Mallory as VP of Information Technology.<\/p>\n

\u2022 United Natural Foods Inc<\/strong>. promoted Angie Balian to Chief Brands Officer, a newly created position.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 At Home Group Inc<\/strong>. has opened three new stores in October in St. Petersburg, FL, Fayetteville, GA, and East Northport, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Authentic Brands Group<\/strong> has completed the acquisition of Ted Baker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc<\/strong>. has named interim CEO Sue Gove to the position permanently.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc<\/strong>. will open a new store location in Greenburgh, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Children\u2019s Place Retail Stores Inc<\/strong>. named Sheamus Toal as Senior VP and CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Clarks Companies of North America Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new 2,300 sq. ft. store at the American Dream in East Rutherford, NJ. It is the first full-price location the company has opened in the U.S. in three years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The North Face<\/strong> Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to open more than 70 stores in North America over the next five years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. will open a 33,000 sq. ft. store at Oakbrook Village in Laguna Hills, CA, in fall 2023. Also, a 21,100 sq. ft. store is scheduled to open at Huntington Shopping Center in Huntington, NY, in summer 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Red Wing Shoe Company<\/strong> has named current president Allison Gettings as their new CEO, effective January 1st, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Target Corp<\/strong>. announced it will triple the number of Apple <\/strong>at Target mini-shops inside its stores, bringing the total to 150.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart Health<\/strong> plans to open 16 new health centers in Florida by fall 2023.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Chick-fil-A<\/strong> has plans to expand their Canadian footprint to 20 stores by 2025. The company will then open seven to ten restaurants every subsequent year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hooters<\/strong> has partnered with NASCAR racer Chase Elliott to launch a virtual chicken tender brand that will be available at nearly 200 locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Starbucks<\/strong> is opening a Reserve location in NYC\u2019s Empire State Building. The Reserve location is a unique three-story design that will feature exclusive beverages made with Cold Pressed Espresso.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>The CDC has concluded their investigation into the E. coli outbreak that was linked to Wendy\u2019s<\/strong> lettuce. The CDC could not find a definitive link between the outbreak and Wendy\u2019s, but the company is still facing several lawsuits from ill customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Toasted Yolk Caf\u00e9<\/strong> will debut a new prototype location next summer that will feature more accessible layouts that include open-air bars that lead to a patio. The new type of location will be the standard going forward for the brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 GPM Investments LLC has agreed to acquire Pride Convenience Inc., which operates 31 convenience stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut. \u2022 Harps Food Stores Inc. plans to acquire Supermarket Operations Inc. with seven stores in central Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. \u2022 Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. reported it has… 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-16427","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\/16427","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=16427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}