{"id":17897,"date":"2024-11-15T09:24:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17897"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:24:13","slug":"in-other-business-news-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/11\/in-other-business-news-177\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/t-CSG_Sales_Leads.aspx?utm_source=newsroom&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=inside_ad&amp;utm_content=Offthechain_Core_ad2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/morewaystoconnect2021_300x300.png\" alt=\"Free Trial\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com<\/strong>.<strong> Inc<\/strong>. recently opened eight new Amazon Fresh stores in CA, MD, NJ, NY and PA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets<\/strong> is opening its first grocery store in the state of Wyoming. The new location is set to open in Cheyenne, WY, on November 22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Stew Leonard\u2019s<\/strong> announced a new partnership with Uber Eats to provide delivery options to its customers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"link_american\">\u2022\u00a0American Freight Inc<\/strong>. is closing all its stores after its parent company filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc<\/strong>. has announced that Scott Schmadeke has been promoted to Exec VP and COO. Krystyna Kostka has been promoted to Chief Supply Chain Officer. Jeff Desroches, Exec VP and COO, has resigned from the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0The Children&#8217;s Place Retail Stores Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Philip Ende as Group VP Real Estate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. recently opened a new distribution center in Aurora, CO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Hancock Lumber Co. Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Mark Hopkins to COO. \u00a0Rebecca Hatfield has been hired as Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer. Hillary Roy has been hired for the role of Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Hartville Hardware<\/strong> reported it has acquired <strong>Coshocton Lumber Co<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Primark USA<\/strong> will open its first store in the state of Texas. The 37,000 sq. ft. location will open next month in McAllen, TX.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. has named Abigail Jacobs as its next Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Rural King Supply<\/strong> recently opened new store locations in Waycross, GA, and in Rocky Mount, NC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Von Maur Inc<\/strong>. opened its first department store in Pennsylvania. The 118,000 sq. ft. store is in Pittsburgh, PA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Wayfair Inc<\/strong>. announced that Thomas Netzer will step down from his role as COO at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0A&amp;W<\/strong> is looking to expand into Wisconsin where they plan to open up to 9 restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Bojangles<\/strong> is expanding their catering service and will now offer catering to individual customers through a new first-party service available on their website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Chick-fil-A<\/strong> is launching a new original series for the holidays that will be available on the new Chick-fil-A Play app. The company is also launching a holiday merchandise line.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"link_chipotle\">\u2022\u00a0Chipotle<\/strong> has named Scott Boatwright as the permanent CEO. The company is also launching a new holiday merchandise line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0GoTo Foods<\/strong> has named Kieran Donahue as Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Jack in the Box<\/strong> has named Lance Tucker as Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Krispy Kreme<\/strong> has announced that Chief Growth Officer and President, International Matthew Spanjers will be leaving the company at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Krispy Krunchy Foods<\/strong> has named Matt Testa COO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Moe\u2019s Southwest Grill<\/strong> has named Mike Smith Chief Brand Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Mountain Mike\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> has signed development deals in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Subway<\/strong> is rolling out their \u201cFresh Forward 2.0\u201d brand redesign that will update signage, d\u00e9cor, and improve digital sales channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Amazon.com. Inc. recently opened eight new Amazon Fresh stores in CA, MD, NJ, NY and PA. \u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Markets is opening its first grocery store in the state of Wyoming. The new location is set to open in Cheyenne, WY, on November 22. \u2022\u00a0Stew Leonard\u2019s announced a new partnership with Uber&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/11\/in-other-business-news-177\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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-17897","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\/17897","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=17897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}