{"id":18037,"date":"2025-01-31T09:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18037"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:38:24","slug":"in-other-business-news-187","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/01\/in-other-business-news-187\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. is closing its Amazon Go convenience store in Woodland Hills, CA, on Feb. 26, 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc<\/strong>. has named Jason Buechel as Director of Worldwide Grocery Stores. He will remain CEO of its Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. subsidiary.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd<\/strong>. reported it plans to open its first location in Wisconsin. The store is set to open in Oak Creek in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Food Lion LLC<\/strong> is opening a second store location in Troutman, NC, this week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc<\/strong>. announced that Kathryn Mazza has been promoted to Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0National Grocers Association <\/strong>has named Lupe Lopez as its new Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Raley\u2019s Companies<\/strong> reported Jen Warner has been promoted to Chief Growth and Transformation Officer. Levi Wingo has been promoted to Senior VP of Product and Merchandising Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rich Products Corp<\/strong>. has named Monica Novomisle as its new Exec VP and Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

SpartanNash Company<\/strong> plans to close three Family Fare stores in Glenwood, IA, Omaha, NE, and Chippewa Falls, WI, along with a VG Grocery store in Caro, MI.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Inc<\/strong>. is opening a new distribution center in Commercial Point, OH, in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Boise Cascade LLC<\/strong> has recently promoted Jeff Strom to COO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Books Inc<\/strong>. is filing for bankruptcy reorganization. The company plans to close one store and keep the remaining ten locations open.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Container Store Inc<\/strong>. is now a private company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sam’s Club<\/strong> reported Julie Barber has been named Exec VP and Chief Merchandising Officer. Tom Ward has been promoted to Exec VP and COO. Diana Marshall was promoted to Chief Experience Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Snavely Forest Products Inc<\/strong>. has hired David Yessian as General Manager of its Dallas location.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tractor Supply Co<\/strong>. plans to open a new 865,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Nampa, ID.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Canada<\/strong> has named Steve Schrobilgen as Senior VP and COO. Venessa Yates will become CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Megan Crozier to Exec VP General Merchandise. Rob Montgomery has been promoted to Exec VP Supply Chain. Dave Guggina has been named Exec VP and Chief E-Commerce Officer. Lance de LaRosa has been named Exec VP New Initiatives, Omni-fulfillment. Chad Donath has been promoted to Senior VP Operations for Walmart International.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Chili\u2019s<\/strong> reported more than a 31% increase for same-store sales in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Crave Hot Dogs<\/strong> is opening a new location inside a Walmart location in Burleson, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jason\u2019s Deli<\/strong> is rebranding all of their locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> is teaming up with WNBA star Angel Reese to create a signature Quarter Pounder that features a new BBQ sauce.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks <\/strong>has named Mike Grams as Chief Stores Officer and Meredith Sandland as Chief Store Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Subway<\/strong> has released a new footlong that is Oreo branded.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TGI Fridays<\/strong> has closed 30 locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tijuana Flats<\/strong> is looking to rebrand into a more authentically Mexican restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Twin Peaks<\/strong> has officially gone public and has been spun off from Fat Brands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc. is closing its Amazon Go convenience store in Woodland Hills, CA, on Feb. 26, 2025. \u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc. has named Jason Buechel as Director of Worldwide Grocery Stores. He will remain CEO of its Whole Foods Market Inc. subsidiary. \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd. reported it plans to open its first location in… 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-18037","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\/18037","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=18037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}