{"id":18472,"date":"2025-04-04T12:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18143"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:40:59","slug":"in-other-business-news-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/04\/in-other-business-news-196\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0The Giant Company<\/strong> has promoted Steve Allison to VP Center Store Merchandising.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Giant Company<\/strong> plans to open a new 60,000 sq. ft. grocery store in Parkesburg, PA. Construction is set to begin later this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Metro Inc<\/strong>. opened a new 29,000 sq. ft. Food Basics location in Ontario. The new store is the first of seven planned to open in the province in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0T & T Supermarket Inc<\/strong>. plans to open a new store in San Francisco, CA, next year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Thrive Market<\/strong> has named Kelly Nigh as VP of Strategic Merchandising Initiatives. Natalie Wieder has been hired as VP Category Management. Bri Waldoch joined the company as Senior Director Owned Brands. Yvette Lemieux has been named Director Category Management.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0WinCo Foods LLC<\/strong> is planning to open its first location in Colorado. An 84,000 sq. ft. store will open in Thornton, CO. Another store is planned for Firestone, CO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Woods Supermarket Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its first location in Colorado.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0ABC Supply Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has named Zac Gaydosh as its Director of Commercial Roofing Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Academy Sports & Outdoors<\/strong> has opened its 300th<\/sup> store location. The retailer recently opened its first stores in Maryland and Pennsylvania and expects to open 25 new stores this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. announced Nick Metzger has been promoted to VP Distribution Centers. Steve O\u2019Brien has been named VP and DMM. The retailer also named Tricia Snider as Division VP of Store Operations. Bill Steiger is the new VP of Tax.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Foot Locker Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Franklin Bracken to President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Foot Locker Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to move its headquarters office to St Petersburg, FL, this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. announced that its CFO and COO, Adrian Mitchell, will be leaving the company. He will be succeeded by Thomas J. Edwards.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Madison Reed<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has named Sheila Shekar Pollak as its new Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mango Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its first store locations in New Mexico and Oregon. The retailer also plans to open its first-ever stores in Arizona, Connecticut, Louisiana and Ohio this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Paper Store Inc<\/strong>. has opened a new 10,800 sq. ft. Uncharted store in Greenvale, NY. Six additional Uncharted locations are slated to open in Illinois in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc<\/strong>. is entering a new partnership with Uber Eats to offer online delivery.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Primark USA<\/strong> announced its CEO, Paul Marchant, has resigned from the company. Eoin Tonge will be appointed as Interim CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc<\/strong>. has named Kristin Shane as its new Chief Merchandising Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0US LBM Holdings, LLC<\/strong> announced Jonathan Greene will be promoted to the role of Chief Digital and Technology Officer. He succeeds Andrew Cambell.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0BLH Acquisition Co, LLC <\/strong>has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and recently closed several Bar Louie locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bojangles Restaurants Inc<\/strong>. announced the appointment of Kate Ward as its new Chief Legal Officer, replacing Laura Roberts, who is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Cilantro Taco Grill<\/strong> has secured franchise agreements to expand into California, Florida, Illinois, and Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dutch Bros<\/strong>. Coffee<\/strong> says it plans to reach 2,029 stores in 2029, with plans to open 160 new stores this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0HOA Restaurant Group LLC<\/strong> has recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jack in the Box Inc<\/strong>. has named Lance Tucker as its permanent CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems<\/strong> reported it plans to open 350 to 400 new locations in the next few years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Restaurants<\/strong> announced Brad Hill has been promoted to CEO. He succeeds Eduardo Luz who is leaving the company. Corey Robertson has been named as the new COO for the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Playa Bowls<\/strong> recently opened its 300th<\/sup> location. An additional 90 shops are set to open before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rego Restaurant Group<\/strong> has named Neel Patel as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Slim Chickens<\/strong> has named Patrick Noone as its new Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Twin Restaurant Holding LLC<\/strong> announced Joe Hummel will resign as CEO. Clay Mingus, Chief Legal Officer, has also left the company. Ken Kuick has been appointed Interim CEO, and Allen Sussman has been appointed Interim Chief Legal Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Yum! Brands, Inc.<\/strong> reported that David Gibbs will retire as CEO early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0The Giant Company has promoted Steve Allison to VP Center Store Merchandising. \u2022\u00a0The Giant Company plans to open a new 60,000 sq. ft. grocery store in Parkesburg, PA. Construction is set to begin later this year. \u2022\u00a0Metro Inc. opened a new 29,000 sq. ft. Food Basics location in Ontario. The new… 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-18472","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\/18472","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=18472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}