{"id":16921,"date":"2023-09-01T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16921"},"modified":"2023-09-01T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:59:06","slug":"in-other-business-news-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/09\/in-other-business-news-116\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc<\/strong>. recently opened two new Big Y Express convenience stores in Enfield, CT and Somers, CT.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Caputo’s Fresh Markets Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new location in Norridge, IL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Fresh Market Inc<\/strong>. will open 22 new store locations in the next two years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Giant Eagle Inc<\/strong>. announced that Bill Artman has been named as CEO of the company. In addition, Terri Micklin has been promoted to Exec VP, President of GetGo. Jim Tsipakis has been promoted to Exec VP, President of Supermarkets and Pharmacy. Dave Burnworth has been promoted to Exec VP, CFO. Graham Watkins has been promoted to Exec VP, Chief Information and Supply Chain Officer. Justin Weinstein has been named Exec VP, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet <\/strong>Holding Corp<\/strong>. will open its first store in Las Vegas, NV, this week. The new location is the 450th<\/sup> for the company which also announced the opening of a new store in Lincoln City, OR, next week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lipari Foods Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Zachary Gordon as its new CFO. He will succeed Dave Littleson, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lund Food Holdings Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to open a new 44,600 sq. ft. location in Apple Valley, MN on September 14.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0RaceTrac Petroleum Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to open its first convenience store in Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SpartaNash Company<\/strong> announced it has promoted Derek Tufts to the role of VP Human Resources.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Bath & Body Works<\/strong> plans to hire 30,000 seasonal associates for its stores across the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Best Buy Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open a new 800,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Lancaster, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Body Shop Inc<\/strong>. will begin a partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation<\/strong> to sell its products at select drug stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar Tree Stores Inc<\/strong>. has hired Jonathan Leiken as its new Exec VP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McCoy\u2019s Building Supply<\/strong> announced John Brown has been promoted to Director of Culture and Customer Experience. Trevor Crozier was promoted to Director of Merchandising. Luke Wonder has been hired as the company\u2019s new Director of Strategic Accounts.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co<\/strong>. has named Eli Kumekpor as its new CEO. He succeeds Kevin Wulff, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Neiman Marcus Group<\/strong> announced Bruce Pask has been promoted to Senior Editorial Director.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc.<\/strong> reported it has closed its five-story department store in San Francisco, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Uniqlo <\/strong>announced Daisuke Tsukagoshi will become CEO of the company. He will take over the role from Tadashi Yanai, Chairman and Founder of the company.<\/p>\n

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Restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dog Haus International LLC<\/strong>. has named Michael Montagano as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grubhub <\/strong>has partnered with Amazon<\/strong> to bring their Just Walk Out Technology to college campuses.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Peter Piper Pizza<\/strong> has named Genaro Perex as Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pokeworks<\/strong> has named Regina Cheung as CEO. Cheung previously served as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> is testing gelato for the first time. The dessert will be flavored after their signature Baja Blast drink and will test in a California location for two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Toppers Pizza<\/strong> has named Mac Malchow as VP of Development; Matt Martin as VP of Operations; and Steve Armstrong as Director of Corporate Operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc. recently opened two new Big Y Express convenience stores in Enfield, CT and Somers, CT. \u2022\u00a0Caputo’s Fresh Markets Inc. recently opened a new location in Norridge, IL. \u2022\u00a0The Fresh Market Inc. will open 22 new store locations in the next two years. \u2022\u00a0Giant Eagle Inc. announced that… 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-16921","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\/16921","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=16921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}