{"id":17209,"date":"2024-02-09T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17209"},"modified":"2024-02-09T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:21:35","slug":"in-other-business-news-138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/02\/in-other-business-news-138\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> is partnering with DoorDash to make the delivery service rolled out to all of its store concepts by March.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Baldor Specialty Foods Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Benjamin Walker to Chief Revenue Officer. The company also announced Regina Picciano has been appointed as Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Island Pacific Supermarket<\/strong> has named Maite Defensor as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Kroger Co<\/strong>. announced its CFO, Gary Millerchip, has left the company. He will be replaced by current Chief Accounting Officer, Todd Foley, on an interim basis.<\/p>\n

\u2022 United Natural Foods Inc<\/strong>. has appointed JJ Schlangen to President of its Central Region.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. will now offer delivery service through Instacart from its stores in Canada.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Batteries Plus LLC<\/strong> announced that Joe Malmuth has been promoted to Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bloomingdale’s <\/strong>has appointed Janelle Lloyd as Fashion Director, Women\u2019s Apparel.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CVS Health<\/strong> reported it will sell all of its store locations in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Deckers Brands<\/strong> announced Dave Powers will retire as President and CEO of the company on August 1. Stefano Caroti will take over at that time.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gap Inc<\/strong>. announced the appointment of Zac Posen as Exec VP, Creative Director of Gap Inc. and Chief Creative Officer of Old Navy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hancock Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. reported that its Chief People Officer Wendy Scribner will retire in April. She will be succeeded by Anna Russo.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kodiak Building Partners<\/strong> announced Matt LaScola has been promoted to Senior VP Strategy and Real Estate. Darius McCurty has been promoted to Senior VP, Corporate Controller. Brian Huss was promoted to Senior VP, Finance and Treasurer. Monte Bride was promoted to VP Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 National Community Pharmacists Association<\/strong> has named Mark Ey as its new COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Primark USA<\/strong> announced it plans to open new store locations in Woodbridge, VA, Hyattsville, MD, and Katy, TX. The retailer will also soon open its first location in Tennessee in Franklin.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Spanx, Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Caroline Whitton to CEO. Jeanne Jackson was named as Executive Chair.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tractor Supply Co<\/strong>. reported it plans to open 80 new stores in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walgreens Boots Alliance<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. announced Mary Langowski has been named Exec VP and President, U.S. Healthcare. The retailer also said Manmohan Mahajan has been appointed Exec VP and Global CFO. Elizabeth Burger was named Exec VP and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ornella Barra has been promoted to Exec VP and COO, International. Rick Gates, was promoted to Senior VP and Chief Pharmacy Officer. Beth Leonard was hired as Senior VP and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Matt D\u2019ambrosio was appointed as Senior VP and Global Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Burger King<\/strong>, McDonald\u2019s<\/strong>, and Pizza Hut<\/strong> have been purchasing crops that were procured by prison laborers who do not receive compensation. The 13th Amendment makes this transaction legal, but it is currently being challenged in federal court which could lead to these companies changing course.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Denny\u2019s <\/strong>has launched the first part of their GAIN development program aimed at providing training for new career paths for employees. The company has partnered with HBCU Oakwood University in Alabama and Bay Path University in Massachusetts to allow manager to earn college credits.<\/p>\n

\u2022 KFC<\/strong> has launched a new rewards program that will allow customers to claim unique rewards and discounts on food.<\/p>\n

\u2022 McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> has completed their switch to cage-free eggs in all restaurants. The company originally pledged to complete this process by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pizza Hut<\/strong> COO Chequan Lewis has exited the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Whataburger<\/strong> opened a new 24hr location in Las Vegas in time for the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Ahold-Delhaize is partnering with DoorDash to make the delivery service rolled out to all of its store concepts by March. \u2022 Baldor Specialty Foods Inc. has promoted Benjamin Walker to Chief Revenue Officer. The company also announced Regina Picciano has been appointed as Chief People Officer. \u2022 Island Pacific Supermarket… 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-17209","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\/17209","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=17209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}