{"id":17592,"date":"2024-07-22T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17592"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:03:42","slug":"in-other-business-news-161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/07\/in-other-business-news-161\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new store in Middletown, CT.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0EG America LLC<\/strong> appointed Lisa N’Chonon as its new CFO and Treasurer. The retailer also named Laura Sherman as its new General Counsel.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Fresh Market Inc<\/strong>. plans to open two new locations in Washington, DC, within the next few years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lidl US, LLC <\/strong>announced it will open a new store on July 31, in Queens County, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Meijer Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new 90,000 sq. ft. Meijer Grocery store in Noblesville, IN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pilot Flying J<\/strong> has promoted Andy Lupo to Exec VP, CTO. He assumed the role after the retirement of Mike Rodgers.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Raley\u2019s Companies<\/strong> has promoted Mike Gabbert to Senior VP, Chief Human Resources Officer. Donna Mendes has been promoted to succeed him as Executive Director of Logistics.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC<\/strong> has identified the 32 locations that it intends to close by November.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace<\/strong> plans to open a new 50,000 sq. ft. store in Greenvale, NY, in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. reported it will open a second Whole Foods Market Daily Shop location in New York City, NY, this fall.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Ace Hardware Corp<\/strong>. recently opened its 5,000th location in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Burberry USA<\/strong> has named Joshua Schulman as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Five Below Inc<\/strong>. announced that Joel Anderson has stepped down as President and CEO. Kenneth Bull, COO, has been named as Interim President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hancock Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has hired Dan Lauze as Project Manager Retail Operations Center.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nation’s Best Holdings LLC<\/strong> has recently acquired Huntington Lumber & Supply Co<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. has named Guillaume Ledieu as CTO. He replaces Dan Shull, who has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> is opening three new store locations in Lomita, CA, St. Louis, MO, and Doylestown, PA, on July 21.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. has recently named Vinima Shekhar as VP of Beauty. She succeeds Creighton Kiper, who was promoted to Senior VP of Home.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Brinker International<\/strong> is being sued by The Beastie Boys after Chili\u2019s <\/strong>allegedly used the band\u2019s images and one of their songs in a 2022 social media post without permission.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>California\u2019s Fast Food Council is meeting this week and the members will be deciding how much to raise the minimum wage for fast-food restaurants in California beginning next year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Darden Restaurants Inc<\/strong>. has agreed to purchase Chuy\u2019s<\/strong> in a $605 million dollar deal. The deal is expected to close in November.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Potbelly<\/strong> has opened their first location inside the Pentagon. The opening is part of the company\u2019s plans to open more locations within military installations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks<\/strong> is partnering with Mercedes-Benz to add EV car chargers at over 100 locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Zaxby\u2019s<\/strong> is entering the retail business by selling three of their signature sauces at southern grocery stores and through Amazon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods Inc. recently opened a new store in Middletown, CT. \u2022\u00a0EG America LLC appointed Lisa N’Chonon as its new CFO and Treasurer. The retailer also named Laura Sherman as its new General Counsel. \u2022\u00a0The Fresh Market Inc. plans to open two new locations in Washington, DC, within the next… 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-17592","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\/17592","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=17592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}