{"id":16900,"date":"2023-08-18T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16900"},"modified":"2023-08-18T13:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:01:32","slug":"in-other-business-news-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/08\/in-other-business-news-114\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc<\/strong>. is acquiring Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. and Harveys Supermarkets from Southeastern Grocers<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong>The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024 and includes approximately 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket locations throughout AL, FL, GA, LA and MS.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Buc-ee’s Ltd<\/strong>. reported it plans to open its first location in Ohio. The new store will be 75,000 sq. ft. and will be the retailer’s largest store.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Casey’s General Stores Inc<\/strong>. will acquire 63 convenience stores from EG America LLC<\/strong>. The stores are in Kentucky and Tennessee, and currently operate under Minit Mart and Certified Oil.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dash In Food Stores Inc<\/strong>. appointed Julian B. Wills III as President and CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc<\/strong>. announced its new partnership with Uber Eats, that will offer on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery to customers across the Midwest.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0National Grocers Association<\/strong> has hired Julia Landcastle as its Coordinator of Political and Government Relations. The organization has also promoted Max Wengroff to the role of Manager of Government Relations and Membership.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rouses Enterprises LLC <\/strong>announced it recently opened a new Rouses Market location in Houma, LA. It will operate a drive-thru, the company\u2019s first.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0T & T Supermarket Inc<\/strong>. will open a new store in Brossard, QC, in fall 2024.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Blain\u2019s Farm & Fleet Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Mark Hasting to President and Chief Commerce & Operating Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Davis Lumber & Hardware<\/strong> announced that Cory Venable has been promoted to President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. has promoted Celeste Stevens to Director of Human Resources and Jake Willison to IT Project Manager.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hat Club<\/strong> has recently opened a new 900 sq. ft. store in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kodiak Building Partners<\/strong> has appointed Stephen West as the new President of Zarsky Lumber Co Inc<\/strong>.\u00a0 The company announced Phillip Steffy and Steve Weaver are retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> announced that Massimo Magni has been named as its Chief Customer and Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rally House & Kansas Sampler<\/strong> opened seven new Rally House stores this month including its first location in Arizona.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. will open a new 39,512 sq. ft. store in Beaverton, OR, in spring 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wolverine Worldwide, Inc<\/strong>. appointed Christopher E. Hufnagel as President and CEO. He succeeds Brendan L. Hoffman, who is no longer with the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Au Bon Pain<\/strong>, Panda Express<\/strong>, and 7-Eleven<\/strong> have been fined $5M for violating NYC\u2019s labor laws and scheduling restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Black Rock Coffee Bar<\/strong> has appointed Mark Davis as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Boston Market<\/strong> has been ordered by the New Jersey Department of Labor to shut down 27 locations in New Jersey for multiple labor violations. The company has also been fined $2.6 million.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chili\u2019s<\/strong> is bringing their virtual brand It\u2019s Just Wings to their restaurants, and they will be offering the wings on their appetizer menu.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chuy’s<\/strong> co-founder Mike Young has passed away at age 74.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fogo de Chao<\/strong> has been acquired by Bain Capital after initially preparing for an IPO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack<\/strong> is searching for a \u2018Chief Avocado Officer\u2019 as part of their new promotion. The company is allowing customers to apply for the position on their website and will offer almost $4,000 in prizes to the winner.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Subway<\/strong> has announced the President of North America Trevor Haynes will be departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by Douglas Fry. Additionally, the company has named Carrie Walsh as President of Europe, Middle East & Africa; Mike Kehoe as Global Chief Development Officer; and Christina Wells as Senior VP of U.S. Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taziki’s Mediterranean Caf\u00e9<\/strong> has named Robert Brown as VP of Operations and Lynn Edwards as VP of Human Resources.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wendy\u2019s <\/strong>has opened two of their newly designed digital-first Global Next Gen restaurants in Kansas and Oklahoma and the company plans to open 200 more by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. is acquiring Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. and Harveys Supermarkets from Southeastern Grocers.\u00a0 The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024 and includes approximately 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket locations throughout AL, FL, GA, LA and MS. \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee’s Ltd. reported it plans to open its first location… 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-16900","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\/16900","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=16900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}