{"id":17731,"date":"2024-08-30T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17731"},"modified":"2024-08-30T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:13:02","slug":"in-other-business-news-167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/08\/in-other-business-news-167\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. opened four new Amazon Fresh stores this week in Roseville, CA, Tinley Park, IL, Lodi, NJ, and Bensalem, PA.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>. announced the retirement of its President and CEO, Brian Hannasch. Alex Miller has been promoted to fill the position, effective September 6.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Fresh Grocer<\/strong> recently opened a new 26,000 sq. ft. store in Oakdale, NY. It is the company\u2019s first location on Long Island.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Giant Company<\/strong> has promoted Jennifer Scott to the role of VP of Human Resources.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lidl US, LLC<\/strong> announced it will open a new 23,000 sq. ft. store location in New York City, NY, that is expected to open in summer 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Loblaw Companies Limited<\/strong> reported it is piloting a new concept next month. The value-based \u201cNo Name\u201d stores will open in three markets in Ontario.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open a new 50,325 sq. ft. store in Owensboro, KY.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Schnuck Markets Inc<\/strong>. has named Kim Gray as Chief Merchant. She succeeds Ryan Cuba, who was promoted to Chief Growth Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SpartanNash Company<\/strong> has appointed Erin Storm its new Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. has appointed Kerry Hasselbach as its new Director of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its first location in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Foot Locker Inc<\/strong>. announced that it plans to move its global headquarters to St. Petersburg, FL, in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Leslie’s Poolmart Inc<\/strong>. has named Jason McDonell as its new CEO. Mike Egeck is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Miniso USA<\/strong> recently opened its 200th store location.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pacific Sunwear of California Inc<\/strong>. has named Aina Konold as its new CFO. She succeeds Russell Bowers, who will remain COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Snavely Forest Products Inc<\/strong>. and Weekes Forest Products Inc<\/strong>. have appointed Brett Ehrlich as Exec VP of National Accounts.<\/p>\n

\u2022 UFP Industries<\/strong> has announced that its Chairman and CEO, Matthew Missad, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman at the end of the year. William Schwartz, President of Retail, will become CEO. Michael Cole, CFO, will add the title of President of Corporate Services.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Bloomin\u2019 Brands<\/strong> has named Mike Spanos as CEO where he will succeed David Deno.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BJ\u2019s Restaurants<\/strong> CEO Greg Levin is stepping down. Bradford Richmond will step in to serve as interim CEO as the company looks for a permanent replacement.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BurgerFi <\/strong>has named Jeremy Rosenthal as Chief Restructuring Officer as the company considers a bankruptcy filing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fat Brands<\/strong> has hired Ammy Harrison as Senior VP of Non-Traditional Development and Maiyo Hood as VP of International Development.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Freebirds World Burrito<\/strong> has been acquired by Sun Holdings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Four Corners Property Trust<\/strong> has acquired 19 Bloomin\u2019 Brands Inc<\/strong>. restaurant properties across 10 states in a $66.4 million deal.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hooters<\/strong> is being sued by NASCAR\u2019s Hendrick Motorsports for $1.7 million over allegedly failing to meet sponsorship obligations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 KFC<\/strong> has named Catherine Tan-Gillespie as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Development Officer of the U.S. division.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Red Lobster<\/strong> has named Damola Adamolekun as CEO pending approval of the restaurant chain\u2019s sale.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Roti Mediterranean<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company does not plan to close any additional restaurants after the filing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shake Shack<\/strong> is planning to close 9 under-performing locations across California, Ohio, and Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Starbucks<\/strong> has announced that new CEO Brian Niccol will not be relocating from his home in Newport Beach, Calif. to the company headquarters in Seattle. Niccol will split time between working remotely and has been given use of the company jet and an allocated $250k annually to commute to Seattle.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sweetgreen<\/strong> has appointed Christopher Tarrant as Senior VP and Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Amazon.com Inc. opened four new Amazon Fresh stores this week in Roseville, CA, Tinley Park, IL, Lodi, NJ, and Bensalem, PA. \u2022 Couche-Tard Inc. announced the retirement of its President and CEO, Brian Hannasch. Alex Miller has been promoted to fill the position, effective September 6. \u2022 The Fresh Grocer… 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-17731","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\/17731","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=17731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}