{"id":16674,"date":"2023-04-21T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16674"},"modified":"2023-04-21T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T14:16:14","slug":"in-other-business-news-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/04\/in-other-business-news-97\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. has signed an agreement to acquire Sullivan\u2019s Foods<\/strong> in northern and central Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>. finalized the acquisition of Summerwood Partners LLC<\/strong> in Bryant, AR. The retailer has begun rebranding the stores to Circle K at 44 locations across Arkansas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0H-E-B<\/strong> opened its first H-E-B Fresh Bites convenience store adjacent to an H-E-B grocery store in Leander, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Imperial Trading<\/strong> reported it has acquired City Wholesale Grocery Co<\/strong>. in Birmingham, AL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Loblaw Companies Limited<\/strong> announced Galen Weston will step down as President and CEO and will be replaced with Per Bank.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Loblaw Companies Limited<\/strong> plans to open 38 new or relocated stores and remodel nearly 600 locations in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pilot Flying J<\/strong> announced it has appointed Adam Wright as its new CEO effective May 30. The company also said Joe Lillo will become the new CFO. They will replace Shameek Konar and Kevin Wills, who will be leaving the retailer after the transition.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SpartanNash Company<\/strong> announced the promotion of David Sisk to Exec VP, Chief Customer Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tri Star Energy LLC<\/strong> has acquired Cox Oil Inc<\/strong>., which operates 54 convenience stores under the Little General Convenience Stores and Maverick Quick Shop brands in Tennessee and Kentucky.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Apple Inc<\/strong>. has opened its first store in India, in Mumbai. A second location, called Apple Saket, will open this week in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Body Shop Inc<\/strong>. announced that David Boynton is stepping down as CEO. Ian Bickley has been named Interim CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0David\u2019s Bridal<\/strong> has filed for bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Inc<\/strong>. will open a 100,000 sq. ft. Dick\u2019s House of Sport at the Prudential Center in Boston, MA, in spring 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sportsman\u2019s Warehouse Holdings Inc<\/strong>. announced that Jon Barker, its CEO, has decided to retire.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sportsman\u2019s Warehouse Holdings Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to open 15 new locations in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tilly\u2019s Co<\/strong>. has appointed Laura Janney as Exec VP, Chief Merchandising Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced Charles Redfield, its Chief Merchandising Officer, is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>A federal court has overturned the ban on the installation of gas-fueled kitchen equipment in Berkeley, CA. The ordnance went into effect on Jan. 1st, 2020 and it would have prevented new restaurants from installing any equipment that uses gas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Checkers<\/strong> plans to launch 40 to 50 new locations in the next year that feature their new, modernized look that debuted at the end of last year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dickey’s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> has become an official partner of the NFL\u2019s Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Portillo\u2019s<\/strong> has asked the National Labor Relations board to set aside a union election at one of their production facilities in Illinois. The facility voted in favor on unionization last week, but Portillo\u2019s claims it has uncovered illegal conduct by the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union with regards to the election.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KFC<\/strong> has hired Jonathan Ojany as CFO of their U.S. operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0YUM! Brands Inc<\/strong>. has completed their exit from Russia with the sale of their KFC business to Smart Service Ltd. Those KFC locations will be rebranded to Rostik\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Sullivan\u2019s Foods in northern and central Illinois. \u2022\u00a0Couche-Tard Inc. finalized the acquisition of Summerwood Partners LLC in Bryant, AR. The retailer has begun rebranding the stores to Circle K at 44 locations across Arkansas. \u2022\u00a0H-E-B opened its first H-E-B Fresh Bites convenience store… 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-16674","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\/16674","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=16674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}