{"id":17573,"date":"2024-07-15T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17573"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:54:22","slug":"in-other-business-news-160","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/07\/in-other-business-news-160\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Albertsons Companies<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. and The Kroger Co.<\/strong> have released a list of the 579 stores, and its distribution centers that are planned to be divested to C & S Wholesale Grocers Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0DeCicco & Sons<\/strong> plans to open its first location in Connecticut in the summer of 2025. A 20,000 sq. ft. store will open in Greenwich, CT.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gelsons Markets<\/strong> announced Ronald Johnson, Paul Kneeland, Tim Mahoney, and Yvonne Manganaro are no longer with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0J & L Enterprises Inc<\/strong>. has closed its location in Chaska, MN, and has gone out of business.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kwik Trip Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its second distribution center in DeForest, WI.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lowes Foods Inc<\/strong>. will open a new store in Aiken, SC, later this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. is planning to open a new 48,387 sq. ft. store in Independence, KY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Raley\u2019s Companies<\/strong> has revealed that its Chief Human Resources Officer, Laura Croff, has retired from the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tops Markets LLC<\/strong> has appointed George Najm to the role of Specialist Store Planning and Design.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0URM Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced its CEO and President, Ray Sprinkle, will step down effective July 2025.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. has hired Rodney Blanton as Director of Category Management for Amazon Go.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bealls Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Leana Less as Senior VP of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Big Lots Stores Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to close between 35 to 40 stores this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bob’s Stores Inc<\/strong>. reported it is going out of business and closing all of its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Build-A-Bear Workshop<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. plans to open two new stores in Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Cameron Ashley Building Products Inc<\/strong>. has opened a new distribution center in Visalia, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CVS Health<\/strong> has promoted Michelle LeBlanc to VP Merchandising for Beauty and Personal Care.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co<\/strong>. has appointed Michael Martin as its Representative for Outside Sales for San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0House-Hasson Hardware Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has acquired The Bostwick-Braun Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hudson’s Bay Company<\/strong> announced it will acquire The Neiman Marcus Group<\/strong>. The combined company will be called Saks Global, and will be led by Marc Metrick.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> announced that Keith Credendino has been promoted to CIO effective August 4, 2024. He will succeed Laura Miller, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mango Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a 2,475 sq. ft. Mango Teen store in London.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0National Vision Holdings, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Mark Banner as Chief Stores Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to close 2,150 store locations over the next three years.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle<\/strong> CFO Jack Hartung will be retiring at the end of March 2025. Adam Rymer, current VP of Finance, will be filling the vacated role.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GoTo Foods<\/strong> has named Donna Spangler-Josephson as the Chief Brand Officer for Schlotzsky\u2019s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0MOD Pizza<\/strong> has agreed to be acquired by Elite Restaurant Group<\/strong>. The pizza chain has been struggling and the sale is seen as a way to avoid an impending bankruptcy filing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack<\/strong> is adding fry themed merchandise to their new merchandise shop.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Portillo\u2019s<\/strong> is adding dog toys to their merchandise lineup.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> is opening The Cantinas in San Diego starting in August. The Cantinas will offer a weekend getaway for Taco Bell Rewards members that is designed as a retirement leisure lifestyle. Events like aerobics, pickleball and arts and crafts will accompany traditional Taco Bell favorites. The weekend membership will cost $150.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons Companies, Inc. and The Kroger Co. have released a list of the 579 stores, and its distribution centers that are planned to be divested to C & S Wholesale Grocers Inc. \u2022\u00a0DeCicco & Sons plans to open its first location in Connecticut in the summer of 2025. A 20,000 sq.… 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":[],"class_list":["post-17573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573","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=17573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}