{"id":17071,"date":"2023-11-03T09:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17071"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:33:05","slug":"in-other-business-news-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/11\/in-other-business-news-125\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0KeHE Distributors, LLC<\/strong> announced a new partnership with CVS Health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets <\/strong>has appointed Curtis Valentine as CFO of the company, effective Jan. 1, 2024. He will succeed Lawrence \u201cChip\u201d Molloy, who plans to retire. The grocer also announced it plans to open 35 new stores in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0United Natural Foods Inc<\/strong>. announced Andre Persaud has been named President and CEO of Retail.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wakefern Food Corp<\/strong>. has named Sean McMenamin as its new Chairman. He replaces Joseph Colalillo. Mike Stigers was named as the company\u2019s new President. He replaces Joseph Sheridan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. reported it will open a new 45,791 sq. ft. location this month in Overland Park, KS. The store will be a relocation of an existing store in the area.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0American Freight Inc<\/strong>. is opening its first stores in the state of Utah. The retailer will open four locations in Layton, Logan, Orem, and Ogden.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc<\/strong>. will open its first location in Alabama this month in the city of Madison.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Boise Cascade LLC<\/strong> announced Troy Little has been promoted to Senior VP, Finance and Commodity Sales, Wood Products. Joanna Barney has been promoted to Senior VP, Building Materials Distribution Western Operations. Jim Wickham has been promoted to Senior VP, Building Materials Distribution Eastern Operations. Nathan Sikes has been promoted to VP, Sales and Marketing, Building Materials Distribution.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Camping World Holdings, Inc<\/strong>. announced a new partnership with Instacart to offer same-day delivery.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Guitar Center Inc<\/strong>. announced that Gabriel Dalporto has been named CEO. He replaces Ron Japinga. Ken C. Hicks has been appointed as Chairman. Tim Martin is returning to his role as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Home Depot Inc<\/strong>. announced Ann-Marie Campbell was named Senior Exec VP. Hector Padilla has been named Exec VP of U.S. Store Operations. Chip Devine has been named Senior VP Sales. Tim Wilkerson has been named Senior VP of Home Services.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. announced its Chief Legal Officer, Elisa Garcia, is retiring. Wendy Beadles will take on the role in the interim.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sephora USA Inc<\/strong>. has named Deborah Yeh as Global Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. has named Neal Sample as its new Exec VP and CIO. He succeeds Hsiao Wang.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to remodel 1,400 of its store locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wawa Inc<\/strong>. reportedly plans to open approximately 80 stores across the eastern region of North Carolina over the next decade.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming<\/strong> recently opened its 300th<\/sup> store location.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Fat Brands<\/strong> is planning to file an IPO for Twin Peaks next year in the second or third quarter.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Red Robin<\/strong> saw declining revenue after too much focus on discounts and the company is planning to move away from value deals.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Panera<\/strong> is planning an IPO and is laying off around 300 employees as part of the preparations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Papa Johns<\/strong> has seen an increase in sales through third-party delivery apps.\u00a0 The company says that third-party delivery is responsible for 15% of company sales, which is generally higher than competitors.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Potbelly Corporation<\/strong> has signed a 40-unit franchise agreement with Royal Restaurant Group that will bring the new locations to Ohio and Florida.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Scooter’s Coffee<\/strong> has named Joe Thornton as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0T.G.I. Friday’s<\/strong> has named Weldon Spangler as CEO. Spangler becomes the third person to take the title in the last six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grocery, Supermarket, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0KeHE Distributors, LLC announced a new partnership with CVS Health. \u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets has appointed Curtis Valentine as CFO of the company, effective Jan. 1, 2024. He will succeed Lawrence \u201cChip\u201d Molloy, who plans to retire. The grocer also announced it plans to open 35 new stores in 2024. \u2022\u00a0United Natural… 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-17071","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\/17071","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=17071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}