{"id":16515,"date":"2022-12-30T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16515"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:48:37","slug":"in-other-business-news-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2022\/12\/in-other-business-news-81\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc<\/strong>. said David Smith, President and CEO, plans to retire at the end of 2023, and that Dan Funk, currently COO, has been appointed to succeed him.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Alex Miller to its newly created position of COO effective Jan. 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc<\/strong>. announced its current CEO Jeremy Gosch was named as its Vice Chairman. Aaron Wiese was named President and will now be responsible its newest subsidiary Hy-Vee Healthcare. Kevin Sherlock will now serve as a COO. Georgia Van Gundy was promoted to Chief of Staff, in addition to her previous titles.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Majors Management LLC<\/strong> announced it has acquired Davis Oil Co<\/strong>., which operated 21 store locations across western Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Majors Management LLC<\/strong> has acquired Maritime Energy Inc<\/strong>., with 13 locations in midcoast Maine. The acquisition represents the company\u2019s first entry into the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Meijer Inc<\/strong>. has expanded its partnership with Uber Eats for on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery service from its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pilot Flying J<\/strong> announced Angie Cody has joined the company as Director of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, a new position for the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Southeastern Grocers<\/strong> recently opened a 41,454 sq. ft. new Winn-Dixie store in Jacksonville, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0United Natural Foods Inc<\/strong>. reported Ron Selders has been named the new President of Fresh. The company also promoted Jody Barrick to Senior VP of Bakery & Deli.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Barnes & Noble Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open 30 new store locations in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Designer Brands Inc<\/strong>. announced that it has acquired Topo Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Home Depot Inc<\/strong>. has opened four new stores in Mexico, bringing its store count in the country to 133.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nation\u2019s Best Holdings LLC<\/strong> announced that it has acquired Forslund Building Supply Inc<\/strong>., including its three locations in Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Primark USA<\/strong> has opened a new 49,000 sq. ft. store in\u00a0Brooklyn, NY. The retailer, which currently has 20 locations, has set a goal of 60 stores by 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0PVH Corp<\/strong>. has named Eva Serrano as Global Brand President, Calvin Klein. She will join the company in March 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Under Armour Inc<\/strong>. announced Stephanie Linnartz has been named as President and CEO effective February 27. Colin Browne will resume his position as COO at that time.<\/p>\n

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

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

\u2022\u00a0Ike’s Love & Sandwiches<\/strong> has opened a new location in Manhattan Beach, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Slim Chickens<\/strong> has opened a new location in Canton, OH.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Teriyaki Madness<\/strong> has opened a new location in San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TriMark<\/strong> has named Eugene Cresta as VP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. said David Smith, President and CEO, plans to retire at the end of 2023, and that Dan Funk, currently COO, has been appointed to succeed him. \u2022\u00a0Couche-Tard Inc. has appointed Alex Miller to its newly created position of COO effective Jan. 2, 2023. \u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc. announced its… 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":[],"class_list":["post-16515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16515","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=16515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}