{"id":16689,"date":"2023-04-28T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16689"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:34:14","slug":"in-other-business-news-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/04\/in-other-business-news-98\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Maverik Inc<\/strong>. has acquired Kum & Go L.C.<\/strong>, a family-owned convenience store chain with more than 400 locations across 13 states.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Neon Marketplace<\/strong> reported it has appointed Adi Dhandhania as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Trader Joe\u2019s Co<\/strong>. announced that it will open a new location in Cypress, CA, on May 5.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace<\/strong> has opened a new 56,000 sq. ft. store location in Tinton Falls, NJ.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. expects to lay off hundreds of workers while it restructures the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Away Luggage<\/strong> reported it opened a new store in San Jose, CA, this week. The retailer is also opening a location in Washington, DC, later this summer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Batteries Plus Bulbs<\/strong> reported it plans to open 40 new store locations by the end of 2023. The retailer plans to expand in South Florida and Long Island, NY, among other markets.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bed Bath & Beyond<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Store closing sales will begin on April 26.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Canada Goose Inc<\/strong>. announced new appointments to its leadership team. The company has appointed Matt Blonder as its first ever Chief Digital Officer, Juliette Streichenberger as President International, Ana Mihaljevic as Director Global Stores, Daniel Binder as Chief Transformation Officer and Exec VP Sales, and Patrick Bourke as Senior VP Strategy and Corporate Development.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chanel USA<\/strong> announced John Galantic, President and COO, is stepping down from to pursue other career opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. has named Kelly Dilts to the role of Senior VP, CFO, effective May 1. The company\u2019s current President and CFO John Garratt will retain his role as President until his planned retirement on June 2.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ikea North America<\/strong> announced plans to open eight new stores and 900 pick-up locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0JCPenney <\/strong>Company<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Katie Mullen as Chief Customer Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0L & W Supply<\/strong> reported that it has acquired Old Fort Building Supply based in South Bend, IN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Levi Strauss & Co<\/strong>. appointed Kenny Mitchell as Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer, effective June 5.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Robert Weed Corp<\/strong>. reported it has named Jean Fahy as VP of Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Toys \u201cR\u201d Us Ltd<\/strong>. has entered into a partnership to launch the brand in Mexico. The first location will open for holiday 2023.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Fat Brands<\/strong> has opened a new Johnny Rockets<\/strong> location in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Inspire Brands<\/strong> has named Natalie Rothman as Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Milkshake Concepts<\/strong> has hired Bryan McVay as CFO and Matt Smith as CMO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SPB Hospitality<\/strong> has completed their merger with Krystal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wingstop <\/strong>has named Raj Kapoor as Senior VP and President of International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Maverik Inc. has acquired Kum & Go L.C., a family-owned convenience store chain with more than 400 locations across 13 states. \u2022\u00a0Neon Marketplace reported it has appointed Adi Dhandhania as its new CEO. \u2022\u00a0Trader Joe\u2019s Co. announced that it will open a new location in Cypress, CA, on May 5. \u2022\u00a0Uncle… 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-16689","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\/16689","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=16689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}