{"id":16838,"date":"2023-07-21T10:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16838"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:09:43","slug":"in-other-business-news-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/07\/in-other-business-news-110\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has announced the appointment of John Ruane as President of The Giant Company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Harps Food Stores Inc<\/strong>. has acquired independent grocer, Janise’s Supermarket in Sunset, LA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lou Perrine’s Gas & Groceries<\/strong> has closed its locations and gone out of business.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc<\/strong>. has hired Eddie Burt as the company\u2019s first Chief Supply Chain Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Raley’s Family of Fine Stores<\/strong> has promoted Chelsea Minor to VP of Community Impact and Public Affairs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Camp <\/strong>recently opened a new store location in Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Carolina Herrera<\/strong> announced it will open a new store location in Palm Beach, FL, by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Claire\u2019s Holdings LLC<\/strong> plans to open 50 stores in Europe this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Costco Wholesale Corp<\/strong>. is planning to build a 241,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Fresno, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0David\u2019s Bridal<\/strong> has been acquired by an investment company and will reportedly be able to keep 195 store locations open.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. reported it plans to offer fresh produce in 5,000 of its stores by January 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Genesco Inc<\/strong>. reported Journeys has partnered with ThredUp Inc<\/strong>. for a resale program.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0House-Hasson Hardware Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Taylor Hasson to VP of Strategic Retail Management.\u00a0 The retailer has also named Lysette Aviles as its new VP of Human Resources.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kleinfeld Bridal<\/strong> is launching its first jewelry line. It will include more than 80 products, and prices will range from $35 to $295.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kohl\u2019s Corporation<\/strong> announced all its stores will have Sephora USA Inc.<\/strong> beauty departments by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lowe’s Companies Inc<\/strong>. has partnered with OneRail to provide same-day delivery from all of its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sur La Table<\/strong> reported it will open new stores in Natick, MA and Albany, NY, this month. The retailer will open a new store in Darien, CT, in September.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TAG Heuer USA<\/strong> has recently opened a new location in New York City, NY.\u00a0 The retailer plans to double its store count in the U.S. to 50 stores, by 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> reportedly has plans to open a new 180,000 sq. ft. sortation center in Detroit, MI.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0True Religion Apparel Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Kristen D\u2019Arcy as its first ever Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Vuori Clothing<\/strong> plans to open 20 to 25 new stores each year, as part of its goal to operate 100 stores in the U.S. by 2026.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Cracker Barrel<\/strong> has named Julie Felss Masino as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Potbelly<\/strong> founder Bryant Keil is becoming a franchisee and he has reached a 27-unit deal Maryland deal with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smokey Bones<\/strong> has named Javier Retamar as Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks<\/strong> has named Arthur Valdez as Executive VP, Global Supply and Customer Services.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco John\u2019s<\/strong> has dropped their Taco Tuesday trademark after Taco Bell<\/strong> filed legal petitions in May to cancel the trademark registration. Taco Bell has been campaigning against the trademark for years and recently recruited LeBron James in an ad campaign to drum up support. Taco John\u2019s owned the trademark in 49 states and in lieu of money spent on a legal battle they are calling for Taco Bell to match their charity donation to non-profit organization Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Toast<\/strong>, the online restaurant ordering platform, has gone back on their decision to add a consumer facing 99-cent fee to all orders over $10. The initial move to add the fee was met with pushback from restaurant owners who use the service.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0YUM! Brands<\/strong> announced that Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Allyson Park has departed the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has announced the appointment of John Ruane as President of The Giant Company. \u2022\u00a0Harps Food Stores Inc. has acquired independent grocer, Janise’s Supermarket in Sunset, LA. \u2022\u00a0Lou Perrine’s Gas & Groceries has closed its locations and gone out of business. \u2022\u00a0Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. has hired Eddie… 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-16838","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\/16838","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=16838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}