{"id":17122,"date":"2023-12-08T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17122"},"modified":"2023-12-08T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:51:09","slug":"in-other-business-news-130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/12\/in-other-business-news-130\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/t-CSG_Sales_Leads.aspx?utm_source=newsroom&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=inside_ad&amp;utm_content=Offthechain_Core_ad2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/morewaystoconnect2021_300x300.png\" alt=\"Free Trial\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has appointed Alex Holt as Chief Sustainability Officer, effective June 1, 2024. She succeeds Jan Ernst de Groot, who will retire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc<\/strong>. will open 20 new stores in December in CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NY, OH, and TN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Christian P. D\u2019Amour as District Director for 16 stores throughout Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Meijer Inc.<\/strong> will open a 40,000 sq. ft. Fairfax Market in Cleveland, OH, in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. will open a new 46,791 sq. ft. store in Suffolk, VA, next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets<\/strong> has revealed plans to open seven new stores in the next few months. They include stores in Bakersfield, CA, Burtonsville, MD, Coconut Grove, FL, Cudahy, CA, Port Charlotte, FL, Rockwall, TX, and Victorville, CA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a084 Lumber Co<\/strong>. announced that it will open a new facility in late December in Cartersville, GA.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"link_beacon\">\u2022\u00a0Beacon Roofing Supply Inc<\/strong>. announced that Frank Lonegro, Exec VP and CFO, is leaving the company effective February 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Big Lots Stores Inc<\/strong>. has named Kristen Cox as Senior VP and Chief Stores Officer. Seth Marks has been hired for the newly formed role of Senior VP, Extreme Value Sourcing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Claire\u2019s Holdings LLC<\/strong> has appointed Chris Cramer as CFO and COO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. announced it has hired Emily Mudd as Consumer Marketing Specialist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s<\/strong>,<strong> Inc<\/strong>. announced that Tracy Preston has been named Chief Legal officer and Corporate Secretary, effective January 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Sam\u2019s Club<\/strong> reported it is opening two new distribution centers in Edwardsville, IL, and Shakopee, MN, in early 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Ulta Salon<\/strong>,<strong> Cosmetics &amp; Fragrance<\/strong>,<strong> Inc<\/strong>. reported Scott Settersten will retire as CFO, Treasurer and Assistant, effective April 1, 2024. Paula Oyibo, currently Senior VP of Finance, will succeed Settersten as CFO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Westlake Ace Hardware<\/strong> recently opened a new location in Jenks, OK. The retailer is planning to open a new store in Agoura Hills, CA, in late 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Burger King<\/strong> has entered an agreement to purchase 200 franchised locations from franchisee EG Group in the United Kingdom. Burger King plans to use the deal to accelerate growth in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Huddle House<\/strong> has named Blain Shortreed as Brand President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Lee&#8217;s Famous Recipe Chicken<\/strong> has launched a new restaurant prototype that features a dual drive-thru and a pickup area for online ordering. The new prototype is part of the company\u2019s recent rebranding efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> is opening a new concept, called CosMc\u2019s, in Chicago this week. The concept is focused on specialty beverages and sandwiches and will include a few McDonald\u2019s items like the McMuffin and McFlurry. Nine more test locations are set to open in Texas during the first half of next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Maggiano\u2019s<\/strong> has named Dominique Bertolone as President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Panera<\/strong> has reportedly filed for an IPO confidentially. The company has not commented on the reported filing and could look to go public next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"link_panera\">\u2022\u00a0Panera <\/strong>is facing a lawsuit for allegedly failing to warn consumers about the caffeine content in their charged lemonade beverage. The suit comes from the family of David Brown who claim that he died of a cardiac event after consuming three servings of the beverage. This is the second death being attributed to the company\u2019s Charged Lemonade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Qdoba<\/strong> has closed their $305 million securitization and is planning to use the funds to remodel and expand with plans to double their existing footprint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Red Robin<\/strong> has named Meghan Spuler as Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Walk-On\u2019s<\/strong> Sports Bistreaux has named Laurie Curtis as Chief Marketing Officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has appointed Alex Holt as Chief Sustainability Officer, effective June 1, 2024. She succeeds Jan Ernst de Groot, who will retire. \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. will open 20 new stores in December in CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NY, OH, and TN. \u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/12\/in-other-business-news-130\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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":[43],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-17122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b2-trends","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17122","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=17122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}