{"id":16774,"date":"2023-06-16T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16774"},"modified":"2023-06-16T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:34:50","slug":"in-other-business-news-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/06\/in-other-business-news-105\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc<\/strong>. has named Derek Jones as Exec VP of Division Operations, effective July 10.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Baldor Specialty Foods Inc<\/strong>. announced its President Michael Muzyk will retire at the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc<\/strong>. plans to open its largest ever store this week. The 135,000 sq. ft. supermarket will open in Gretna, NE.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pilot Flying J<\/strong> said it completed more than 80 remodels this year, with an additional 30 stores across 28 states expected to be remodeled by the year of the year. The company also plans to open 12 more new locations this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets<\/strong> is opening four new stores this summer. Three of the new locations will be located in Florida, and one in Colorado Springs, CO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0T&T Supermarket Inc<\/strong>. is planning to open its first store in the United States. The 76,000 sq. ft. grocery store will open in Bellevue, WA, in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0United Natural Foods Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to consolidate from four operating regions to three. The three new regions will be called East, Central, and West.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wawa Inc<\/strong>. plans to open its first convenience store in Alabama during the second quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0WinCo Foods LLC<\/strong> announced it plans to build a 47,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Ellensburg, WA.<\/p>\n

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

Chico\u2019s FAS Inc<\/strong>. reported it is promoting David M. Oliver to Exec VP, CFO and CAO, effective June 24. Current Exec VP, CFO Patrick J. Guido has resigned from the company.<\/p>\n

Hampton Lumber Sales Co<\/strong>. announced that Randy Schillinger will join the company as its new CEO, following the retirement of Steve Zika.<\/p>\n

Koopman Lumber & Hardware<\/strong> has opened its first location in Cape Cod, MA. The 8,759 sq. ft. store in Dennis, MA, is the company\u2019s 12th overall location.<\/p>\n

L & W Supply<\/strong> has completed the acquisition of Killingly Building Products with locations in Dayville, CT, and Providence, RI.<\/p>\n

McCoy\u2019s Building Supply<\/strong> announced that Melanie Rae has been promoted to VP of People Development, Benefits, and Training. Brandon Bishop has been promoted to VP of Merchandising.<\/p>\n

Nike Inc<\/strong>. announced that it is re-entering its partnership with Designer Brands Inc<\/strong>. The retailer will sell a wide variety of Nike products in its stores and digitally beginning in October. Macy\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. also reported its stores and websites would resume selling Nike apparel in October.<\/p>\n

Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> has appointed Thomas Sabatino as Exec VP and Chief Legal Officer.<\/p>\n

Stitch Fix, Inc<\/strong>. reported it has appointed Matt Baer as CEO, effective June 26.<\/p>\n

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

BurgerFi <\/strong>has named Christopher Jones as CFO.<\/p>\n

Burger King<\/strong> has asked a federal bankruptcy court to require franchisee Meridian Restaurants to sell their restaurants before exiting bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

Cava<\/strong> raised $318M during its IPO with an initial stock price of $22 per share, significantly higher than projections.<\/p>\n

Darden<\/strong> has completed their acquisition of Ruth\u2019s Chris Steak House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Huddle House<\/strong> has named James O\u2019Reilly as CEO.<\/p>\n

Smashburger<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement to bring five new locations to Utah over the next few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. has named Derek Jones as Exec VP of Division Operations, effective July 10. \u2022\u00a0Baldor Specialty Foods Inc. announced its President Michael Muzyk will retire at the end of 2023. \u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc. plans to open its largest ever store this week. The 135,000 sq. ft. supermarket will open… 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-16774","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\/16774","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=16774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}