{"id":18098,"date":"2025-03-14T10:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18098"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:39:28","slug":"in-other-business-news-193-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/03\/in-other-business-news-193-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 The Fresh Market Inc<\/strong>. has opened its first ever The Fresh Market Spirits & Wine store. The 7,000 sq. ft. store is located next to the company\u2019s grocery store in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022 La Michoacana <\/strong>reportedly plans to open two new stores in Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lund Food Holdings Inc<\/strong>. is closing a grocery store in downtown St. Paul, MN.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Parker Companies<\/strong> announced Greg Parker is transitioning to Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rutter\u2019s <\/strong>Holdings Inc<\/strong>. is opening two 14,000 sq. ft. bar and lounge spaces this spring in Johnstown and Milton, PA.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Beyond, Inc<\/strong>. has announced that Dave Nielsen has left the company. Marcus Lemonis has been named as the company\u2019s Principal Executive Officer. Leah Putnam has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer. Alexander Thomas has been promoted to CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc<\/strong>. plans to open its first location in Texas in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Home Depot Inc<\/strong>. has named Michael Rowe as Exec VP of Pro. Stephanie Smith will succeed Tim Hourigan as Exec VP of Human Resources. Vinod Nalajala has been promoted to President, The Home Depot Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores<\/strong> announced the promotion of Stephen Perlowski to Senior VP of Industry Affairs and Member Relations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ross Stores Inc<\/strong>. plans to open 90 new stores, comprised of about 80 Ross and 10 DD\u2019s Discounts, during fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rural King Supply<\/strong> recently opened a new location in Saraland, AL.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sky Zone, LLC<\/strong> has announced that Mike Revak has been promoted to COO. Additionally, Sherin Sakr has been appointed Chief Legal Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sleep Number Corporation<\/strong> has appointed Linda Findley as President and CEO, effective April 7. She succeeds Shelly Ibach, who will retire.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Uniqlo<\/strong> plans to open four new store locations in Ontario and Quebec this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Versace USA Inc<\/strong>. announced that Donatella Versace is stepping down and be will succeeded by Dario Vitale as Chief Creative Officer, effective April 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Westlake Ace Hardware<\/strong> will acquire Edgebrook Ace Hardware<\/strong> in Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Dine Brands<\/strong> is planning to launch 13 dual branded IHOP\/Applebee\u2019s locations in 2025, with the first opening in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Domino\u2019s<\/strong> announced Joseph Jordan as COO and President of U.S., Weiking Ng as executive VP International, Ryan Mulally as Executive VP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Craveworthy Brands<\/b>\u00a0has acquired Kinnam\u014dns Bakery, a build your own cinnamon roll concept.<\/p>\n

\u2022 McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> has created a new division called the \u201cRestaurant Experience Team.\u201d This new decision is a direct response to increased competition and the new division is designed to help the company compete against specialists. The company is also establishing three new global category management teams that will focus on beef, chicken, and beverages.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mountain Mike\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> has named Steven Adyani to COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Noodles & Company<\/strong> has been testing a new menu since 2023 and the company finally launched it at all locations. The new menu is part of the company\u2019s plan to have a brand transformation this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Olive Garden<\/strong> has brought back their Buy One-Take One promotion for the first time in five years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Starbucks <\/strong>is rethinking its store design and operations after the company realized mobile and takeout orders received too much priority over in-store customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Steak \u2018n Shake\u2019s<\/strong> recent shift away from frying in vegetable oil and instead using beef tallow has gotten backslash after the company showed support for RFK Jr.\u2019s and the Make America Healthy Again movement on social media.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walk On\u2019s<\/strong> has launched their new menu with six new food items and six new drink options. The company also overhauled how the physical menu was designed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 The Fresh Market Inc. has opened its first ever The Fresh Market Spirits & Wine store. The 7,000 sq. ft. store is located next to the company\u2019s grocery store in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. \u2022 La Michoacana reportedly plans to open two new stores in Texas. \u2022 Lund Food Holdings… Continue reading In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-18098","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\/18098","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}