{"id":16616,"date":"2023-03-17T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16616"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:07:46","slug":"in-other-business-news-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/03\/in-other-business-news-92\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd.<\/strong> plans to open a new 74,000 sq. ft. location in Virginia. It will open in 2027 and be the first Buc-ee\u2019s location in the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0EG America LLC<\/strong> announced it will sell 26 of its Minit Mart convenience stores during the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gordon Food Service Inc.<\/strong> has opened six new store locations this week in the greater Houston, TX, area.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0PCC Community Markets<\/strong> announced a partnership with DoorDash to offer on-demand grocery delivery from all its 15 locations in and around Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rutter\u2019s Holdings Inc.<\/strong> has launched online ordering for its rewards members.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a084 Lumber Co.<\/strong> announced that it has promoted Dave Rumbaugh to VP of Logistics and Purchasing. He is replacing Mitchell Feldman, who will be retiring from the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.<\/strong> reported it plans to open five new locations, including its first in Alabama, in Madison. The retailer has plans to open stores in Mt. Juliet, TN, Johnson City, NY, Lewis Center, OH, and North Jacksonville, FL. All new locations will include a BJ\u2019s gas station.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Five Below Inc.<\/strong> has promoted Kenneth Bull, CFO and Treasurer, to the role of COO. He will continue to serve as CFO while Five Below conducts a search for a new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gap Inc.<\/strong> announced that Mary Beth Laughton, President and CEO of Athleta, has left the company. The retailer eliminated the role of Chief Growth Officer, which was held by Asheesh Saksena. The company also announced that Sheila Peters, Chief People Officer, will leave the company at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gap Inc.<\/strong> reported it plans to close 50 to 55 Gap and Banana Republic stores and open 30 to 35 Athleta and Old Navy stores in fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0H & M Group<\/strong> is partnering with ThredUp Inc.<\/strong> to offer resale clothing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.<\/strong> reported that it has appointed Terry Blanchard as Interim CFO, until a permanent CFO is appointed.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mango Inc.<\/strong> reported it plans to open 30 new stores in the U.S. by 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc.<\/strong> reported it plans to open two new Nordstrom Rack stores in fall 2023. A 26,000 sq. ft. location is planned for Natomas, CA, and a 35,000 sq. ft. store is planned for San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc.<\/strong> announced it will open a 25,000 sq. ft. store at University Town Center in Sarasota, FL, in fall 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> announced its Chief Retail Officer, Andre Persaud, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Spahn & Rose Lumber Co.<\/strong> announced that it has hired Tom Ford for the newly created position of VP of Supply Chain & Information Technology.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.<\/strong> plans to open 25 to 30 new stores and remodel or relocate 20 to 30 locations in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Zara<\/strong> plans to open at least 30 new stores in the United States between 2023 to 2025, in Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, New York City, NY, Las Vegas, NV, and Austin and Dallas, TX.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Black Bear Diner<\/strong> has opened a new location in San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bojangles<\/strong> announced that Cathy Chase has been promoted to VP of People and Culture and Stacey McCray has been promoted to VP of Communications.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle<\/strong> Chief Development Officer Tabassum Zalotrawala is stepping down from her position.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Krystal<\/strong> has launched a new Big Burger in select locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> has hired Tabassum Zalotrawala as Senior VP and U.S. Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Papa Johns<\/strong> is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for alleged disability discrimination. The incident in question occurred in 2020 when a legally blind employee was denied his request for a service dog on site and was fired.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Popeyes<\/strong> franchisee Premier Cajun Kings has declared bankruptcy citing pandemic issues and the passing of their owner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, C-Store \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd. plans to open a new 74,000 sq. ft. location in Virginia. It will open in 2027 and be the first Buc-ee\u2019s location in the state. \u2022\u00a0EG America LLC announced it will sell 26 of its Minit Mart convenience stores during the first quarter of the year. \u2022\u00a0Gordon Food Service Inc.… 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-16616","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\/16616","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=16616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}