{"id":17222,"date":"2024-02-16T09:37:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17222"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:37:04","slug":"in-other-business-news-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/02\/in-other-business-news-139\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Casey\u2019s General Stores Inc<\/strong>. has named Joe Cruz as its first-ever Chief Pizza & Beer Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 EG America LLC<\/strong> has named Brian Ferguson as Chief Marketing Officer. In addition, Brian Potvin has joined the company as VP of Procurement.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fareway Stores Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Bret Wiltse to Exec VP of Merchandising. Rick Beckwith was promoted to VP. Stephen Morgan was promoted to VP Information Technology, effective March 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. announced its VP of Customer Experience, Bob Bechtel, will retire March 31. The company is promoting David Finger to replace him in the role.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sheetz Inc<\/strong>. reported it has promoted Emily Sheetz to Exec VP, Strategy. Ryan Sheetz was promoted to Exec VP, Branding. Trevor Walter was promoted to Exec VP Petroleum Supply Management.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Town & Country Market Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Ryan Ritter to President and CEO, as Bill Weymer is retiring. The company hired Wendy Oliver as its new Senior Director of Retail Operations.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Barnes & Noble Inc.<\/strong> plans to open more than 50 new store locations across the U.S. in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Davis Hawn Lumber Co<\/strong>. announced that Wayne Tarver has joined the company as Director of Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jeld-Wen Holding Inc<\/strong>. reported that Gustavo Vianna has been named Exec VP and President for Jeld-Wen Europe. Dan Valenti has been appointed Exec VP, North America Doors & Distribution. Matt Meier has been named Exec VP, Chief Digital and Information Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 J McLaughlin<\/strong> reported it plans to open 10 to 15 new stores this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The National Confectioners Association<\/strong> has hired Sarah Atkinson as VP of Membership and Business Development.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open new Nordstrom Rack stores in Geneva, IL, and Manalapan Township, NJ, in spring 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pet Supplies \u2018Plus\u2019 Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open more than 60 new locations in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Holly May as its next Chief Human Resources Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rebecca Minkoff<\/strong> is relaunching its footwear collection in fall 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shoe Carnival Inc<\/strong>. is acquiring Rogan\u2019s Shoes Inc<\/strong>. which operates 28 locations across IL, MN, and WI.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Spahn & Rose Lumber Co<\/strong>. has hired Lori Hoffmann as VP Human Resources, and Ivy Su Johanson as its new Director of Purchasing.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Boston Market<\/strong> owner Jay Pandya has filed for personal bankruptcy. Pandya filed for bankruptcy for 63 days ago and it was dismissed by a judge.<\/p>\n

\u2022 El Pollo Loco<\/strong> has named Elizabeth Williams as CEO. Interim CEO Maria Hollandsworth will become President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Firehouse<\/strong> plans to go fully digital by 2026. There are plans to pull out all ordering counters at stores and replacing them with kiosks.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Inspire Brands<\/strong> is considering going public in late 2024 or 2025 with a $20 billion IPO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jersey Mike\u2019s<\/strong> has added a guest-facing tablet that allows them to review and complete their order. The tablet is designed to promote the company\u2019s reward program and boost transaction time.<\/p>\n

\u2022 McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> is facing a class action lawsuit from two employees that allege the chain does not provide reasonable and adequate space and time for nursing mothers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shake Shack<\/strong> is testing combo meals in an effort to provide more value to customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SPB Hospitality<\/strong> has named Ellen Rockwell as Executive VP of People and Culture and Amanda Hyde as Senior VP of Operations for Krystal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taco Bell<\/strong> has announced plans to bring twelve new items to the menu throughout the year. The new items include chicken nuggets and Mountain Dew gelato.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wendy\u2019s<\/strong> announced that they will have digital menu boards in all U.S. company-operated stores by the end of 2025. In 2025 the company will also be testing dynamic pricing and AI menu changes and suggestive selling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Casey\u2019s General Stores Inc. has named Joe Cruz as its first-ever Chief Pizza & Beer Officer. \u2022 EG America LLC has named Brian Ferguson as Chief Marketing Officer. In addition, Brian Potvin has joined the company as VP of Procurement. \u2022 Fareway Stores Inc. has promoted Bret Wiltse to Exec… 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-17222","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\/17222","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=17222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}