{"id":17375,"date":"2024-04-19T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17375"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:59:42","slug":"in-other-business-news-148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/04\/in-other-business-news-148\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc<\/strong>. reported Eric Traxler has been hired as its new VP of Information Technology.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Giant Eagle Inc<\/strong>. has moved into its new headquarters in Cranberry Township, PA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc<\/strong>. will acquire SVT LLC, which operates 22 Strack & Van Til stores throughout northwest Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SpartanNash Company<\/strong> has acquired Metcalfe\u2019s Market, a grocery chain with three stores in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SpartanNash Company<\/strong> recently named John Taylor as VP and Associate General Counsel.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wegmans Food Markets Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to open its first store in the city of Charlotte, NC, in 2026.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0CVS Health <\/strong>announced that Andrea Harrison, Vice President Of Merchandising, Beauty & Personal Care, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. reported Matt Davis was named Divisional Manager of Architecture, IT. Arron Enyart was named Merchandising Supply Planner. Beatriz Garcia was named Accounting Specialist. Bill Habegger was named Divisional Manager IT. Scott Hofrichter was named Divisional Manager IT Development. Jim Knepper was named Product Sales Manager. Steve May was named Product Sales Manager. Brittany Peavler was named as an Associate Merchandising Manager. Nick Poling was named Network Systems Scheduler. Kevin Riley was named Product Sales Manager. Ronnie Thomas was named Associate Merchandising Manager in Hardware. John Trowbridge was named Product Sales Manager. Zach Vanlandingham was named Product Sales Manager. Rob Williams\\was named Divisional Purchasing Manager. Dylan Hansen was named IT Systems Administrator. Craig Thacker was named Merchandising Category Management Planner. Abeer Saeed was named as Merchandise Manager, Home Decor, Lumber, and Building Materials. John Wasko was named as a Territory Sales Manager.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gucci America Inc<\/strong>. has named Stefano Cantino as Deputy CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lids Sports Group<\/strong> plans to open new Fan Outfitters stores across the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. opened a new 30,200 sq. ft. Macy\u2019s store in Mount Laurel, NJ, this week. The retailer plans to open 30 smaller format stores this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0National Retail Federation<\/strong> has promoted David French to Exec VP of Government Relations and Executive Director of the National Council of Chain Restaurants.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sky Zone, LLC<\/strong> announced it will be opening five new locations in CA, OR, and TX, by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Applebee\u2019s <\/strong>has signed a multiyear partnership with the NFL to become the official restaurant of the league.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dickey\u2019s Barbecue<\/strong> has named Chef Matt Burton as Director of Research and Development.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fatburger<\/strong> will be opening 40 new locations within existing Round Table Pizza<\/strong> locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mod Pizza <\/strong>has named Jennifer Anderson as CMO. The company has also closed 27 locations in response to California\u2019s AB 1228 fast-food law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mountain Mike\u2019s Pizza <\/strong>has promoted Carol DeNembo to Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pita Pit<\/strong> is rebranding all of their locations. The rebrand will modernize the restaurant design and introduce drive-thru models and a reworked menu.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Red Lobster<\/strong> is considering a bankruptcy filing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smashburger<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement to bring two new locations to Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TGI Fridays<\/strong> has agreed to merge with their UK-based franchisee, Hostmore plc. The company will be traded publicly on the London Stock Exchange.\u00a0 The $220 million deal will rename the company TGI Fridays plc, the company\u2019s main operations will remain at their Dallas headquarters with CEO, Weldon Spangler, remaining at the helm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. reported Eric Traxler has been hired as its new VP of Information Technology. \u2022\u00a0Giant Eagle Inc. has moved into its new headquarters in Cranberry Township, PA. \u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc. will acquire SVT LLC, which operates 22 Strack & Van Til stores throughout northwest Indiana. \u2022\u00a0SpartanNash Company has acquired Metcalfe\u2019s Market,… 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-17375","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\/17375","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=17375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}