{"id":17049,"date":"2023-10-19T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T21:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17049"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T21:20:53","slug":"in-other-business-news-123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/10\/in-other-business-news-123\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Gelsons Markets<\/strong> has named Bob Veilleux to the position of Senior Director of Produce and Floral.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp<\/strong>. will open its first store location in Ohio next month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lowes Foods Inc<\/strong>. has revealed plans to open its first store in Georgia early next year. The grocer also plans to open a new location in Summerville, SC, in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets<\/strong> recently opened a new 337,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Fullerton, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wegmans Food Markets Inc<\/strong>. opened a new 87,500 sq. ft. store in New York City this week. The company also plans to open a new 88,000 sq. ft. store in Yardley, PA, in early 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. will open a new 51,156 sq. ft. store in Jersey City, NJ, early next month.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Camp<\/strong> will open a new 10,730 sq. ft. store in Tysons, VA, in early December. It is the 10th location for the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Costco Wholesale Corp<\/strong>. announced that Craig Jelinek will step down as CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2024. At that time Ron Vachris will become President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CVS Health<\/strong> announced Shawn Guertin, Exec VP, CFO and President of Health Services will be taking a leave of absence. Tom Cowhey, Senior VP Corporate Finance, has been appointed Interim CFO. Mike Pykosz, CEO of Oak Street Health, has been named Interim President of Health Services.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. announced Todd Vasos has been appointed as its new CEO. He succeeds Jeff Owen, who has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Foot Locker Inc.<\/strong> reported it will close all of its Atmos store locations in the USA in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Netflix, Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to open physical stores, called Netflix House. The first two locations are expected to open in 2025. The stores will sell merchandise based on some of the company\u2019s most popular shows.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ralph Lauren Corporation<\/strong> reported it plans to open its first Ralph Lauren store in Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> reported it has filed for bankruptcy<\/a> and announced it will close at least 99 stores. The retailer has named Jeffrey Stein as its new CEO, taking over for Elizabeth Burr.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ross Stores Inc<\/strong>. has named Stephen Brinkley as President, Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Scheels Sports<\/strong> recently opened a new 250,000 sq. ft. store location this week in Chandler, AZ.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> has announced John Mulligan, Exec VP and COO, will retire in February 2024. Laysha Ward, Exec VP and Chief External Engagement Officer, will retire in April 2024. Matt Zabel has been named Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Kiera Fernandez has also been promoted to the role of Exec VP and Chief Community Impact and Equity Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to close approximately 60 of its VillageMD clinics.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open a new 900,000 sq. ft. fulfillment center in Stockton, CA, in 2026.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0CEC Entertainment<\/strong> has partnered with California Dreamin\u2019 water park in CEC\u2019s first ever location-based licensing deal. The deal will bring Chuck E. Cheese<\/strong> branded rides, an arcade, a retail shop, and a Pasqually\u2019s Pizzeria Restaurant to the park.\u00a0 California Dreamin\u2019 is an upcoming water park in Sacramento, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Domino\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> has named Sam Jackson to Executive VP of Human Resources.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pizza Hut<\/strong> has extended their hours to midnight or 2 a.m. at thousands of locations across the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sweetgreen<\/strong> has made a change in their supply chain and will now use Extra Virgin Olive Oil in all of their cooking.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0White Castle<\/strong> is launching a new merchandise line in collaboration with rapper Fat Joe to promote their late-night business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Gelsons Markets has named Bob Veilleux to the position of Senior Director of Produce and Floral. \u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. will open its first store location in Ohio next month. \u2022\u00a0Lowes Foods Inc. has revealed plans to open its first store in Georgia early next year. The grocer also plans to… 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049","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=17049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}