{"id":18478,"date":"2025-04-25T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18179"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:41:52","slug":"in-other-business-news-199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/04\/in-other-business-news-199\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has promoted Sanja Krajnovic to Chief Supply Chain Officer. The company also announced Keith Nicks has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Heritage Grocers Group<\/strong> has appointed Frank Ingraffia to the role of Chief Transformation Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co.<\/strong> has named Chris Albi as President of King Soopers and City Markets. Kenny Kimball has been promoted to President of Smith’s. Kendra Doyel has been named as President of Food 4 Less.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Maverik Inc.<\/strong> recently opened its first convenience stores in Kansas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Market of Choice<\/strong> will open a new 35,000 sq. ft. store in Hillsboro, OR, on May 22.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Parker Companies<\/strong> opened its 100th convenience store location this week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0QuikTrip Corp.<\/strong> recently opened its first convenience store in Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SpartanNash Company<\/strong> has named Jay Mahabir as VP, Retail Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tops Markets LLC<\/strong> has promoted Ashley Tucker to the position of Center Store Specialist.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tops Markets LLC<\/strong> is planning to remodel two of its stores, in Fayetteville and Manlius, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Trader Joe\u2019s Co.<\/strong> plans to open new stores in Westminster, CO, Boston, MA, Iselin, NJ, Glenmont, NY, Oklahoma City, OK, Exton, PA, and Myrtle Beach, SC, this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0United Supermarkets, LLC<\/strong> will open a new location in Andrews, TX, in 2026. It will be the first location in the market for the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0URM Stores Inc.<\/strong> has named Roger F. White as its new CEO and President.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u00a023 Restaurant Services<\/strong> has plans to open three new Ford\u2019s Garage restaurant in the northern part of Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0National Association of Chain Drug Stores<\/strong> has appointed Emily Dowsett as VP of Communications.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sleep Number Corporation<\/strong> has named Amber Minson as Exec VP and Chief Marketing Officer. She succeeds Kevin Brown, who is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.<\/strong> has named Lauren Brindley as Chief Merchandising Officer and Digital Officer. She will be taking over for Monica Arnaudo, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> recently opened a one million sq. ft. Sam\u2019s Club<\/strong> distribution center in Jacksonville, FL.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Another Broken Egg of America Inc.<\/strong> announced Joel Reynders was named VP of Culinary and Executive Chef.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii<\/strong> is expanding in Colorado. The first of three new stores will open in Boulder in August.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Cameron Mitchell Restaurants LLC<\/strong> has promoted Katie Laudick to Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chicken Salad Chick<\/strong> recently opened its first restaurant in the New Orleans, LA, metro region.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.<\/strong> has signed a development agreement to open restaurants in Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jersey Mike\u2019s Franchise Systems<\/strong> has named Charlie Morrison as CEO. He will succeed Peter Cancro, who remains Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mountain Mike\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> has opened nine new restaurants in the first quarter, including its 300th location. The company plans to enter two new states, Virginia and Tennessee, this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nando\u2019s USA<\/strong> has named Kimberly Grant as the new CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.<\/strong> reported its CEO and President, G.J. Hart, is stepping down. He will be succeeded by David Pace. Anthony Ackil has been named Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Salad and Go<\/strong> has appointed Mike Tattersfield as its new CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has promoted Sanja Krajnovic to Chief Supply Chain Officer. The company also announced Keith Nicks has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Digital Officer. \u2022\u00a0Heritage Grocers Group has appointed Frank Ingraffia to the role of Chief Transformation Officer. \u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co. has named Chris Albi as President of… 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-18478","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\/18478","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=18478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}