{"id":16549,"date":"2023-01-20T09:17:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16549"},"modified":"2023-01-20T09:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:17:58","slug":"in-other-business-news-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/01\/in-other-business-news-84\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc<\/strong>. has recently opened 3 new stores, two in MO and one in MS. The grocery retailer will open a new store in Danvers, MA, later this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lowes Foods Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to open five new stores in NC, and SC, over the next several years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0RaceTrac Petroleum Inc<\/strong>. announced it is planning to open its first locations in OH and SC. The retailer has plans for three new convenience stores in these states.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TravelCenters of America Inc<\/strong>. plans to open 20 new franchised locations in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tripifoods Inc<\/strong>. announced its Senior VP, Joseph Tripi, has passed away.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods <\/strong>Market Inc<\/strong>. will open its first-ever location in the state of MT on Feb. 1.\u00a0The new store will be located in Bozeman, MT.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Conn\u2019s HomePlus<\/strong> has opened a new 30,000 sq. ft. store in Jacksonville, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. has hired Mike Melchi as Director of Field Sales. Eric Knox has been promoted to Director of Business Development. Chris Beach has been promoted to Director of National Accounts and Acquisitions. Christian Parra has been promoted to Director of International Sales, and Rob Schmiedel has been promoted to Director of Sales Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lululemon Athletica Inc<\/strong>. announced it has named Elizabeth Binder as its new Chief Merchandising Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Neiman Marcus Group<\/strong> has hired Nabil Aliffi\u00a0to join the company in the newly created role as Chief\u00a0Brand Officer. In addition, Stefanie Tsen Ward has been promoted to Chief Retail Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Party City Holdco Inc.<\/strong> reported it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tractor Supply Company<\/strong> has opened a new 900,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Navarre, OH.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. reported that Michelle Crossan-Matos has joined the retailer as its Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Urban Outfitters Inc<\/strong>. plans to open a new 604,000 sq. ft. fulfillment center in\u00a0Raymore, MO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Zappos.com<\/strong> announced a partnership with Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. to allow consumers to make returns at its store locations.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Chili\u2019s<\/strong> has named Jesse Johnson as VP of Marketing. The company has also closed their delivery-only test location after two months. The company is still committed to improving digital sales, but they will focus on existing formats instead.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Clean Eatz<\/strong> has named Gary Sachs as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Clean Juice<\/strong> has moved the in-house bottling of their juices to a centralized facility in California in an effort to increase efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0In-N-Out Burger<\/strong> is building a new corporate office in Tennessee and the company plans to open restaurants in Nashville by 2026. This will be the company\u2019s first foray into the southeast.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jeremiah’s Italian Ice<\/strong> has opened a new location in Winter Garden, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pokeworks<\/strong> has hired Abe van Beek as Director of Culinary and Michele LaMont as Director of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks<\/strong> is expanding their partnership with DoorDash and plans to make their menu available in all 50 states by the end of March.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Steak and Ale<\/strong> will be opening their first new location later this year since closing all their restaurants in 2008. The new location is part of a 15-unit development agreement.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco John’s<\/strong> has opened a new location in Milwaukee, WI. The company plans to open two more locations in the area starting next month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Flame Broiler<\/strong> has named Christian Lee as COO and Daniel Lee as CMO and CTO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Twin Peaks<\/strong> is opening a new location in Chattanooga, TN on Feb 20th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. has recently opened 3 new stores, two in MO and one in MS. The grocery retailer will open a new store in Danvers, MA, later this month. \u2022\u00a0Lowes Foods Inc. reported it plans to open five new stores in NC, and SC, over the next several years. \u2022\u00a0RaceTrac Petroleum… 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-16549","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\/16549","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=16549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}