{"id":16755,"date":"2023-06-09T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16755"},"modified":"2023-06-09T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:34:11","slug":"in-other-business-news-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/06\/in-other-business-news-104\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Casey\u2019s General Stores Inc<\/strong>. has elected Darren Rebelez, the company\u2019s President and CEO, to the additional role of Chairman. He succeeds H. Lynn Horak, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>. reported Claude Tessier, its Exec VP and CFO, plans to retire. He will be succeeded by Filipe Da Silva.<\/p>\n

\u2022 H-E-B<\/strong> has announced plans to open two Joe V\u2019s Smart Shop by H-E-B stores in Dallas, TX\u00a0 in the next couple years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Maverik Inc<\/strong>. reported it is opening its first store location in Montana.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Parker Companies<\/strong> has announced that Doug Parker, its Senior Director of Marketing, is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SpartanNash Company<\/strong> announced it has recently hired Brandon Pasch as VP, Center Store Merchandising. The company also announced Arpen Shah has been named VP, Merchandising Strategy and Analytics.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tops Markets LLC<\/strong> announced five locations across Pennsylvania are being remodeled, and one store location is set to close.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wegmans Food Markets Inc<\/strong>. announced that it is planning to close its store in Natick, MA, later this summer.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Belco Forest Products<\/strong> announced that Baxter Reimer has been promoted to Director of Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc<\/strong>. is opening its first location in Tennessee. The new store will open in La Vergne, TN, on June 14.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc<\/strong>. expects to have between 75 to 100 House of Sport stores nationwide by 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. has promoted Kao Sorn to Software Engineer, and Gabe Arnold to Product Sales Manager. The company has also hired Robin Bredemeyer as Merchandise Manager and Karan Reddy, as Senior Software Engineer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 GameStop Holdings Corp<\/strong>. has elected Ryan Cohen as Executive Chairman. The retailer also announced its CEO, Matt Furlong, is no longer with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jeld-Wen Holding Inc<\/strong>. has named Jas S. Hayes as the company\u2019s new Exec VP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u2022 L & W Supply<\/strong> announced Ryan Donegan has been named Business Development Manager of its Northeast Region.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lululemon Athletica Inc.<\/strong> reported it expects to open 50 new store locations this fiscal year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nike Inc.<\/strong> announced Jared Carver is the new CEO of Converse. He succeeds Scott Uzzell, who will become VP\/GM North America for Nike. Uzzell will report to Nike CEO and President John Donahoe.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Primark USA<\/strong> will open new stores this summer in Hanover, MD, Elizabeth, NJ, Albany, NY, and Valley Stream, NY. The 33,000 sq. ft. store at Arundel Mills will be the retailer\u2019s first store in Maryland. The company also announced it has hired Tanesha Carter as Director Talent Acquisitions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 RH<\/strong> announced it plans to open 14 North American Gallery locations during the next several years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rue21<\/strong> has recently named Karlyn Mattson as Exec VP, Chief Customer Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walgreens <\/strong>Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. reported Rina Shah has been promoted to the role of Senior VP, Pharmacy and Transformation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC<\/strong> has acquired Tri-Boro Construction Supplies.<\/p>\n

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

Amazon<\/strong> has extended their partnership with Grubhub for an additional year.<\/p>\n

Chipotle\u2019s<\/strong> Chief Diversity Officer Tawanda Starms is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

Fat Brands<\/strong> is seeking an IPO for their Twin Peaks restaurant brand.<\/p>\n

Flynn Restaurant Group<\/strong> has acquired Pizza Hut Australia. This marks the company\u2019s first ever international acquisition.<\/p>\n

Smashburger<\/strong> has appointed Jose Mi\u00f1ana as Interim President.<\/p>\n

Starbucks <\/strong>has plans to build and open delivery-only locations in the future. The company has also extended their Oleato beverages to 11 additional states.<\/p>\n

Sweetgreen<\/strong> CEO Johnathan Neman predicts that all Sweetgreen locations will become automated in the next five years.<\/p>\n

Taco Bell<\/strong> is testing their first plant-based protein with the vegan crunchwrap in three locations.<\/p>\n

Taco John\u2019s<\/strong> CEO Jim Creel will be retiring at the end of the year. Taco John\u2019s board of directors is currently conducting a search for a replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Casey\u2019s General Stores Inc. has elected Darren Rebelez, the company\u2019s President and CEO, to the additional role of Chairman. He succeeds H. Lynn Horak, who is retiring. \u2022 Couche-Tard Inc. reported Claude Tessier, its Exec VP and CFO, plans to retire. He will be succeeded by Filipe Da Silva. \u2022… 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-16755","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\/16755","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=16755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}