{"id":17700,"date":"2024-08-16T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17700"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:04:07","slug":"in-other-business-news-165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/08\/in-other-business-news-165\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has named Moira O\u2019Toole as VP of Pharmacy Services.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0E.W. James & Sons Inc<\/strong>. has hired Nick Flippin as VP of Sales and Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp<\/strong>. announced it has hired Sandeep Chawla as its new Senior VP and CIO.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Ace <\/strong>Hardware Corp<\/strong>. plans to open more than 200 new store locations by the end of this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Akris <\/strong>has named Jimmy Yeh as CEO of the Americas. He succeeds Peter Herink, who is no longer with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Banana Republic<\/strong> recently opened a new 7,589 sq. ft. store location in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bliffert Lumber <\/strong>recently appointed Dave Dejewski as the company\u2019s CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Blink Fitness<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and plans to close at least 30 locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Inc<\/strong>. has announced plans to build an 800,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Fort Worth, TX, in early 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gap Inc<\/strong>. announced it will be changing its ticker symbol to “GAP” effective August 22.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0LL Flooring Holdings<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and plans to close 94 of its locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mead Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. \u00a0has rebranded its Thomae Lumber locations in Billings and Laurel, MT, to the Mead Lumber banner.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Office Depot<\/strong> announced that D. Anthony Scaglione, Exec VP and CFO, will leave the company next month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Party City Holdco Inc<\/strong>. has named Barry Litwin as its new President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pet Valu Holdings Ltd<\/strong>. announced Greg Ramier has joined the company as President and COO. The retailer also announced that Christine Martin-Bevilacqua, its Chief Administrative Officer, will be retiring effective October 19.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> has named Amy Tu as its new Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary. She will succeed Don Liu, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> is opening four new store locations this week in FL, SC, and TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0US LBM Holdings, LLC<\/strong> has named Jeff Wood as its new Senior VP of Supply Chain.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Victoria\u2019s Secret & Co<\/strong>. announced it has named Hillary Super as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wilson Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has named Ryan McAnally as its new Marketing and Communications Manager. Sallie Keene Denton has been promoted to Marketing Specialist.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Big Chicken<\/strong>, Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u2019s chicken restaurant, has hired Joshua Sims Sr. as Director of Marketing. Sims had previously served as the senior manager of advertising for rival Bojangles\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chick-fil-A<\/strong> has named Susannah Frost as President and Cliff Robinson has been named COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle<\/strong> has named Scott Boatwright as interim CEO following the departure of Brian Niccol\u2019s to Starbucks. The company also announced that CFO Jack Hartung will remain with the company in a new role as President of Strategy, Finance, and Supply Chain to secure a smooth transition of power.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Flynn Group LP<\/strong> has acquired 83 Wendy\u2019s units across six states.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KFC<\/strong> has added two new $5 offers as part of their plan to extend their value menu.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> has named Tiffanie Boyd as Global Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Performance Food Group<\/strong> has agreed to purchase Cheney Bros. for $2.1 billion in an all cash deal.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen<\/strong> has named Bart LaCount as Chief Marketing Officer and Matt Rubin as Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack<\/strong> has begun using autonomous robots for customers who order delivery through Uber Eats in the L.A., California area.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks<\/strong> has named Brian Niccol as CEO after parting ways with Laxman Narasimhan. CFO Rachel Ruggeri will become interim CEO until Sept. 9 when Niccol takes over. The company decided to part ways with Narasimhan following two consecutive quarters of negative same-store sales growth.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Topgolf<\/strong> is currently under strategic review from their gold brand parent company Callaway. Topgolf has seen multiple quarters of same-store sales decline and could be spun off soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has named Moira O\u2019Toole as VP of Pharmacy Services. \u2022\u00a0E.W. James & Sons Inc. has hired Nick Flippin as VP of Sales and Operations. \u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. announced it has hired Sandeep Chawla as its new Senior VP and CIO.   Retail \u2022\u00a0Ace Hardware Corp. plans to open more… 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-17700","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\/17700","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=17700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}