{"id":16873,"date":"2023-08-11T11:06:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16873"},"modified":"2023-08-11T11:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:06:42","slug":"in-other-business-news-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/08\/in-other-business-news-113\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/t-CSG_Sales_Leads.aspx?utm_source=newsroom&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=inside_ad&amp;utm_content=Offthechain_Core_ad2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/morewaystoconnect2021_300x300.png\" alt=\"Free Trial\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc<\/strong>. will open four new grocery stores in Florida, Ohio, and South Carolina this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc<\/strong>. announced its Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, Guy W. McFarlane, will retire on September 1. Michael R. Cormier has been promoted to Senior VP of Sales and Marketing. Steven M. Nordstrom has been promoted to Senior Director of Center Store. David M. Placzek has been promoted to Director of Grocery, and Scott P. Brackney has been promoted to the role of Director of Big Y Brands and Retail Pricing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0C &amp; S Wholesale Grocers Inc<\/strong>. announced the retirement of Bob Palmer as CEO as of October 2. He will be succeeded by Eric Winn, who is currently serving as COO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Foxtrot Ventures Inc<\/strong> has entered into a partnership with <strong>KeHE Distributors, LLC<\/strong>, which will now serve as the company\u2019s primary distributor for natural, organic and specialty products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Lidl US, LLC<\/strong> announced Joel Rampoldt will take over the role of CEO in September. He will replace current CEO Michal Lagunionek who is stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0AG Jeans<\/strong> announced that Glenn McMahon was appointed as the company\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0BlueLinx Holdings Corporation<\/strong> has appointed Todd Skaggs as Regional VP for the company\u2019s West Region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Cameron Ashley Building Products Inc<\/strong>. has opened its first distribution center in Utah, located in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0The Container Store Inc<\/strong>. plans to open six new smaller format stores in fiscal 2023 and three in fiscal 2024. Locations that are 15,000 sq. ft. will open in CA, FL, MD, NJ, and NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong> \u2022\u00a0Crew Group Inc<\/strong>. has named Adrienne Lazarus as President of Madewell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0L.L. Bean Inc<\/strong>. is planning to open two new stores in the U.S. and two in Canada this fall, including its first-ever locations in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Nike Inc<\/strong>. reported it will open Nike Studios locations. The first store with the new concept will open later this year in West Hollywood, CA, with additional locations opening in the Los Angeles, CA area in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Red River Lumber Co<\/strong>. has promoted John Butler to the role of President of the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> has promoted Jeanniey Walden to the role of Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"link_tapestry\">\u2022\u00a0Tapestry, Inc<\/strong>. has reportedly entered into a deal to acquire <strong>Capri Holdings Limited<\/strong>, which is made up of Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0True Religion Apparel Inc<\/strong>. reported it will begin selling licensed products for the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen starting January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0UpWest <\/strong>announced it is opening three new stores in the next month. New locations will open in Boulder, CO, Bellevue, WA, and Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Wilson Sporting Goods Co<\/strong>. has recently opened its first location in California, in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Captain D&#8217;s<\/strong> has named Jeff Wilson as CFO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Dutch Bros<\/strong> Coffee has named Christine Barone as CEO, where she currently serves as President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0El Pollo Loco\u2019s<\/strong> board of directors has adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan in order to protect shareholder interests against <strong>Steak \u2018n Shake\u2019s<\/strong> owner Sardar Biglari who has purchased 11.3% of the company\u2019s shares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Flynn Restaurant Group<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement to develop 200 <strong>Wendy\u2019s<\/strong> restaurants in Australia by 2034.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Krispy Kreme<\/strong> increased their revenue by 9% by adding 462 new points of access through partnerships with <strong>McDonald\u2019s<\/strong>, <strong>Amazon<\/strong>, and <strong>Costco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Noodles &amp; Company<\/strong> has lowered prices and added value menu after getting pushback from customers over pricing. The company saw store traffic drop after a 5% menu price increase in February.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"link_washington\">\u2022 <\/strong>Washington D.C.\u2019s Attorney General has released an advisory on restaurant fees after receiving complaints from consumers. The number of fees at restaurants has increased significantly this year and we could see states adopt similar measures this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. will open four new grocery stores in Florida, Ohio, and South Carolina this month. \u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc. announced its Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, Guy W. McFarlane, will retire on September 1. Michael R. Cormier has been promoted to Senior VP of Sales and Marketing. Steven M.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/08\/in-other-business-news-113\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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-16873","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\/16873","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=16873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}