{"id":17396,"date":"2024-04-26T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17396"},"modified":"2024-04-26T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:21:56","slug":"in-other-business-news-149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/04\/in-other-business-news-149\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has named Kim Lyda as Chief Legal Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Foxtrot Ventures Inc<\/strong> has closed all of its stores and ended operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gelsons Markets<\/strong> announced Ryan Adams as its new CEO and President. He replaces John Bagan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Haggen Inc.<\/strong>, Jimbo’s Naturally!<\/strong>, Mother’s Market & Kitchen<\/strong>, New Seasons Market<\/strong>, and Vallarta Supermarkets<\/strong> recently announced their partnership with DoorDash.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co<\/strong>. has added 166 more stores to its planned transaction with Albertsons Companies, Inc<\/strong>. and C&S Wholesale Grocers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Trader Joe’s Co<\/strong>. announced it plans to open six new locations in Northridge, CA, Sandy Springs, GA, Middletown, NJ, Sparks, NV, Coppell, TX, and Vancouver, WA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wakefern Food Corp<\/strong>. has partnered with DoorDash to offer delivery service from all its supermarkets.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Beacon Roofing Supply Inc<\/strong>. announced it has appointed Prithvi Gandhi as Exec VP and CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Birkenstock<\/strong> has plans to open new store locations in Austin, TX, and Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Cameron Ashley Building Products Inc.<\/strong> opened its newest distribution center in New Haven, CT.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Cassity Jones Building Materials<\/strong> recently opened a new location in Aledo, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. has promoted Eric Knox to the new Director of LBM Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Express Inc<\/strong>. has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer intends to close approximately 95 Express and Express Outlet stores and all its UpWest stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Express Inc<\/strong>. reported that it has named Mark Still as Senior VP and CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0R<\/strong>.P<\/strong>. Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. will acquire Custer Do It Best Hardware and Lumber<\/strong>, an independent retailer in South Dakota.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wayfair Inc<\/strong>. will open its first ever namesake store. The 150,000 sq. ft. store will be located in Wilmette, IL, and will open on May 23.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle <\/strong>has opened their first location in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Domino\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> is encouraging customers to use first-party delivery by offering a $3 coupon when customers tip delivery drivers $3 or more.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mo\u2019Bettah <\/strong>has named Clay Hansen as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Noodles & Company<\/strong> announced that Chief Marketing Officer Stacey Pool has resigned.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smalls Sliders<\/strong> has appointed Julie Hauser-Blanner as COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tijuana Flats<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will be closing 11 stores. The filing follows the sale of the company to Flatheads LLC. The company cited previous management\u2019s decision to expand the menu and pricing concerns as the main cause for the bankruptcy filing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tropical Smoothie Caf\u00e9<\/strong> has been sold to Blackstone, a private equity firm. Details of the deal were not disclosed, yet the company has been valued at $2 billion.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wienerschnitzel<\/strong> has named Doug Koob as Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0YUM! Brands<\/strong> announced that Chief Strategy Officer Gavin Felder has resigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has named Kim Lyda as Chief Legal Officer. \u2022\u00a0Foxtrot Ventures Inc has closed all of its stores and ended operations. \u2022\u00a0Gelsons Markets announced Ryan Adams as its new CEO and President. He replaces John Bagan. \u2022\u00a0Haggen Inc., Jimbo’s Naturally!, Mother’s Market & Kitchen, New Seasons Market, and Vallarta Supermarkets recently… 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-17396","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\/17396","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=17396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}