{"id":16971,"date":"2023-09-29T09:08:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=16971"},"modified":"2023-09-29T09:08:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:08:32","slug":"in-other-business-news-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/09\/in-other-business-news-120\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Dot Foods Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new distribution center in Ingersoll, ON.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Harris Teeter Inc<\/strong>. reported grocery delivery is now available to customers across the Washington, DC, metro area.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co<\/strong>. has started construction on its first Kroger Marketplace store. The 124,000 sq. ft. location, which will replace a smaller Kroger store nearby, will open in Plano, TX, in late 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kwik Trip Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its first location in South Dakota. The store is one of six locations the retailer plans to open in the state by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0New Seasons Market<\/strong> will open a new store in Vancouver, WA, next month. The new location will be the 20th store for the grocer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smart & Final Stores LLC<\/strong> announced its President, Scott Drew, is retiring from the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets<\/strong> reported it plans to open four new stores in November, in Visalia, CA, Woodland, CA, Charlotte, NC, and Henderson, NV.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wawa Inc<\/strong>. plans to open approximately 40 stores in Kentucky over the next eight to 10 years, with the first opening in 2025.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0GameStop Holdings Corp<\/strong>. reported Ryan Cohen was appointed as the company\u2019s CEO, President and Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0HD Supply Home Improvement Solutions<\/strong> announced that Marc Brown has been named CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lands’ End Inc<\/strong>. announced Bernard McCracken who has been serving as Interim CFO has been promoted to the role.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lululemon Athletica Inc<\/strong>. and Peloton Interactive<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. announced a new partnership in which Peloton will discontinue its own apparel and will sell Lululemon’s apparel online and in its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Northern Tool & Equipment Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. reported it will open a new store location in Bossier City, LA, this week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shoe Carnival Inc<\/strong>. announced that Patrick Edwards has been promoted to Senior VP, CFO, Secretary and Treasurer. He replaces Erik Gast who has left the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Burger King<\/strong> franchisee Meridian Restaurants is selling 70 of their remaining restaurants after filing for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fat Brands<\/strong> has acquired Smokey Bones<\/strong> for $30 million.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Huey Magoo\u2019s<\/strong> has opened their 50th restaurant in Arden, NC.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Krispy Kreme<\/strong> has named Josh Charlesworth as President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ike\u2019s Love & Sandwiches<\/strong> has named Robert Lane as Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Subway<\/strong> will be requiring all franchisees to accept digital discount offers by the end of the year. Currently franchisees are able to select which offers they want to honor.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> is adding vegan sauce to their nacho fries menu item. This will be the chains first ever national vegan item.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walk-on\u2019s<\/strong> has named Chirs Porcelli as Chief Financial Officer and Jennifer Pecoraro-Striepling has been named Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grocery, Supermarket, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Dot Foods Inc. recently opened a new distribution center in Ingersoll, ON. \u2022\u00a0Harris Teeter Inc. reported grocery delivery is now available to customers across the Washington, DC, metro area. \u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co. has started construction on its first Kroger Marketplace store. The 124,000 sq. ft. location, which will replace a smaller… 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-16971","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\/16971","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=16971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}