{"id":16605,"date":"2023-03-10T10:48:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16605"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:48:38","slug":"in-other-business-news-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/03\/in-other-business-news-91\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a> \u2022\u00a0Abraham & Sons Inc<\/strong>. announced it has promoted George Bennett to President. In other company news, Jim Leonard, COO, has recently retired.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd<\/strong>. reported it plans to open a new 73,400 sq. ft. location in DeForest, WI.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Green Zebra Grocery<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. announced it will go out of business and close all its stores on March 31.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hannaford Bros<\/strong>. Co<\/strong>. has acquired independent grocer Tradewinds Marketplace in Blue Hill, ME.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets<\/strong> reported it plans to open at least 30 new stores in 2023. The grocer will also be closing 11 underperforming stores by the end of the second quarter.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. announced it will close 8 Amazon Go convenience stores on April 1, two in Seattle, two in New York City, and four in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Blue Ridge Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has acquired Gumble Brothers Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Claire\u2019s Holdings LLC<\/strong> recently opened a new 1,200 sq. ft. store in Paris, France.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. announced the promotion of Adam Brown to Territory Sales Manager. The company also announced Audrey Clark was hired as Communications Project Manager, and James Fisher was hired as Continuous Improvement Leader.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Express Inc<\/strong>. announced that Matthew Moellering will retire as President and COO, effective May 5, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. reported it expects to finish its store closures in Canada by late June. The retailer currently has six Nordstrom stores and seven Nordstrom Rack stores in the country.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> will allow customers to make drive-up product returns at its stores this spring, with plans to offer the service at all of its stores by the end this summer.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Burger King<\/strong> franchisee, Meridian Restaurant Unlimited LLC<\/strong>, has declared federal bankruptcy protection due to the high cost of food and labor and reduced traffic and sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0FAT Brands<\/strong> founder and CEO Andy Wiederhorn will be stepping down on May 5th. He will transition into an advisory role within the company and his replacement will be named before then.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Just Salad<\/strong> has named Jared Garber as CFO. Previous CFO Stefan Boyd departed the company earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonald\u2019s <\/strong>has rebranded the crispy chicken sandwich to the McCrispy. The revamped sandwich lineup is part of the company\u2019s attempt to gain more ground in the chicken category.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mountain Mike’s Pizza<\/strong> has opened a new location in Fortuna, CA.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Pizza Hut<\/strong> is selling limited-edition mini basketballs for NCAA March Madness. The promotion was last seen in the 1990\u2019s and follows the revival of another 1990\u2019s item, the Big New Yorker.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco John\u2019s<\/strong> has opened a new location in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Habit Burger Grill<\/strong> has hired Jack Hinchliffe as Global Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Twin Peaks<\/strong> has opened a new location in Greenwood, IN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0US Foods<\/strong> is testing weekend deliveries in select markets to give employees and customers greater scheduling flexibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, C-Store \u2022\u00a0Abraham & Sons Inc. announced it has promoted George Bennett to President. In other company news, Jim Leonard, COO, has recently retired. \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd. reported it plans to open a new 73,400 sq. ft. location in DeForest, WI. \u2022\u00a0Green Zebra Grocery, Inc. announced it will go out of business and close all… 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-16605","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\/16605","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=16605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}