{"id":18000,"date":"2025-01-03T09:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18000"},"modified":"2025-01-03T09:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T14:53:33","slug":"in-other-business-news-183","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/01\/in-other-business-news-183\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has promoted Lee Nicholson to Exec VP and Chief Merchant at The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp<\/strong>. has announced Christopher Miller will join the company as Exec VP and CFO, effective Jan. 6. Lindsay Gray, who has been Interim CFO, will move back into her role of Senior VP Accounting.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Yesway <\/strong>opened five new convenience stores in New Mexico and Texas in the fourth quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0ABC Supply Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. reported that Mike Jost has been promoted to President and COO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Builders FirstSource Inc<\/strong>. announced it will acquire Alpine Lumber Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Container Store Inc<\/strong>. has filed for bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Daiso USA<\/strong> will open four new store locations in California this week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar Tree Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced that its interim CEO, Michael Creedon Jr., will take on the role permanently.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McCoy\u2019s Building Supply<\/strong> has promoted Joshua Whitley to Senior VP and CFO. Rick Neal recently retired from the position.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Orgill Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Clay Jackson as its new Exec VP and COO. Craig Cowart has been promoted to Senior VP. Francisco Feraud has been promoted to VP Sales, International. Laura Luotonen has been promoted to VP Credit. Jim Rivas has been promoted to VP. Jordan Tice has been promoted to VP Planning and Field Operations. Reddy Bireddy was promoted to Director Data Management. Mike Cutrona was promoted to Director Human Resources. Alison Farrington was promoted to Director Corporate Account Conversions. Kevin Farnsworth was promoted to Director Dealer Conversions for the West Region. Jordan Hughes was promoted to Director, Marketing and Advertising. Megan Kremser was promoted to Director Accounting. Chad Murray will become Director Dealer Conversions of the East Region. Joshua Quattlebaum was promoted to Director Retail Technology Product Management. Alice Thomas was promoted to Director Credit. Charlotte Wells was promoted to Director Retail Operations. Trey White was promoted to Director Safety. Mark Scheer and Kevin Walker have retired. Karen Meredith will retire on March 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Party City Holdco Inc<\/strong>. announced it has filed for bankruptcy and plans to hold going out of business sales at all its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Variety Wholesalers Inc.<\/strong> reported it intends to acquire between 200 and 400 stores and up to two distribution centers from Big Lots Stores Inc<\/strong>. The company plans to operate the acquired stores under the Big Lots brand.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Blaze Pizza<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement to open 25 units in Southern California. The first four of those locations are expected to open in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle<\/strong> has expanded its fitness challenge and seven digital-exclusive menu items to international markets. The is part of the company\u2019s strategy to become an international brand.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Noodles & Company<\/strong> has received a delisting warning from The Nasdaq Stock Market. The company\u2019s share price is too low to meet the exchange\u2019s rules and the company is considering a reverse stock split to brink up the share price.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks<\/strong> has lost its appeal in a case of unfair labor practices. The NLRB\u2019s 2021 ruling finding that Starbucks illegally terminated two employees has been upheld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has promoted Lee Nicholson to Exec VP and Chief Merchant at The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC. \u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. has announced Christopher Miller will join the company as Exec VP and CFO, effective Jan. 6. Lindsay Gray, who has been Interim CFO, will move back into her… 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-18000","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\/18000","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=18000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}