{"id":17407,"date":"2024-05-03T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17407"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:48:23","slug":"in-other-business-news-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/05\/in-other-business-news-150\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0The Food Industry Association<\/strong> announced it has hired Julie Savoie as Senior Director Talent and Sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0RaceTrac, Inc<\/strong>. reported its current CEO, Natalie Morhous, has been named as its new Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Stew Leonard’s<\/strong> will open a new 56,000 sq. ft. grocery store next week. Stew Leonard\u2019s Farm Fresh Food & Wine is located in Clifton, NJ.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open 3 new locations in 2024, in Staten Island, NY, Brooksville, FL, and St. Johns, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chewy<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has debuted its Chewy Vet Care concept, with a location in Plantation, FL. It will be followed by a location in Highlands Ranch, CO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Destination XL Group<\/strong> Inc<\/strong>. is partnering with Nordstrom Inc.<\/strong> \u00a0Destination XL Group\u2019s products will be available on Nordstrom\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Follett Higher Education Group<\/strong> has named Mani Suri as its new Chief Information Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gap Inc<\/strong>. announced that Sandra Stangl, President and CEO of Banana Republic<\/strong>, is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lids Sports Group<\/strong> has continued to grow its Fan Outfitters concept. The retailer now has 12 of these locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0L’Occitane Inc<\/strong>. reported that it plans to go private.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> announced its partnership with Uber Eats to include alcohol delivery in new markets.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Room & Board<\/strong> reported it has transitioned to a 100% employee stock ownership plan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. has announced the closure of its Walmart Health segment, which includes 51 health centers across five states.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Donatos Pizza<\/strong> CEO Tom Krouse has announced his retirement. Kevin King has been named as his successor.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Krispy Kreme<\/strong> has introduced a new rewards program that will allow customers to earn rewards at a faster rate and cash them in for free donuts.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Slim Chicken\u2019s<\/strong> will be opening their first restaurant in Germany after signing a franchise deal to open 20 locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Subway<\/strong> has completed their ownership change to Roark Capital.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> has successfully tested AI voice ordering at 5 California restaurants and will be expanding the test to 30 restaurants.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0YUM! Brands<\/strong> posted their first negative quarter since the pandemic. Despite the negative outcome, the company was positive about their increase in digital sales and a future turnaround.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0The Food Industry Association announced it has hired Julie Savoie as Senior Director Talent and Sustainability. \u2022\u00a0RaceTrac, Inc. reported its current CEO, Natalie Morhous, has been named as its new Chairman. \u2022\u00a0Stew Leonard’s will open a new 56,000 sq. ft. grocery store next week. Stew Leonard\u2019s Farm Fresh Food & Wine… 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-17407","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\/17407","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=17407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}