{"id":18486,"date":"2025-05-30T09:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18221"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:28:42","slug":"in-other-business-news-204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/05\/in-other-business-news-204\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s, Inc.<\/strong> announced that Emily Coborn Wright has been promoted to President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Market of Choice<\/strong> recently opened its 12th grocery store. The 35,000 sq. ft. location is located in Hillsboro, OR.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The National Association of Convenience Stores<\/strong> has named Raei Tesfazghi as Coordinator of Research. Esmeraldo Orozco has been named Manager Government Relations. Kiley Hylton has been named as Manager Marketing, Events. Jaden Shemesh has been named Coordinator Meetings and Events. Alison Wong has been named as a Marketing Manager.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Northeast Shared Services<\/strong> has partnered with DoorDash to provide on-demand delivery to its customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Restaurant Brands International<\/strong> plans to open 100 new Firehouse Subs<\/strong> locations in Mexico over the next five years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Thrive Market<\/strong> reported that Scott Lescher has been named COO, a newly created position at the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.<\/strong> said it plans to open 30 locations during the next two fiscal years, including its entry into Texas in early 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Cameron Ashley Building Products Inc.<\/strong> recently opened a new distribution center in Fort Pierce, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.<\/strong> will open a Dick\u2019s House of Sport in Novi, MI, later next year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Hershey Company<\/strong> recently named Tiffany Menyhart its new Chief Customer Officer. Stacy Taffet has joined the company as its new Chief Growth Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jeske Hardware Distributors<\/strong> has named Chris Romero as its new Account Manager for its Texas sales territory.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pandora Franchising LLC<\/strong> will open a new 3,000 sq. ft. flagship store in Las Vegas, NV, next week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced that Lesley Conway has been named as Director of Walmart Connect.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Weekes Forest Products Inc.<\/strong> has promoted John Lesher to COO of the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Applebee’s Services Inc.<\/strong> and Wyndham Hotel Group<\/strong> announced a partnership that involves both of their loyalty programs.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Culver\u2019s Franchising System Inc.<\/strong> has promoted Rich Modjeski to COO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Darden Restaurants Inc.<\/strong> closed two of its Seasons 52 locations last week in Kansas City, MO, and Sacramento, CA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dave & Buster\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> reported it will open its first location in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GoTo Foods<\/strong> announced it plans to open more than 30 Cinnabon Swirl locations, a new concept for the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jack in the Box Inc.<\/strong> recently promoted Dawn Hooper to CFO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KFC Corporation<\/strong> announced it plans to open 500 new locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, in the next ten years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonald\u2019s Corporation<\/strong> has announced that it will close its CosMc\u2019s locations next month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack Inc.<\/strong> has introduced its first loyalty program for customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smoothie King Franchises Inc.<\/strong> announced its CFO, Gavin Felder, has been given the additional role as President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wagamama US<\/strong> has named Stephen Judge as its new CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s, Inc. announced that Emily Coborn Wright has been promoted to President of the company. \u2022\u00a0Market of Choice recently opened its 12th grocery store. The 35,000 sq. ft. location is located in Hillsboro, OR. \u2022\u00a0The National Association of Convenience Stores has named Raei Tesfazghi as Coordinator of Research. Esmeraldo Orozco has… Continue reading In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":18504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-18486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retail","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18486","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=18486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18528,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18486\/revisions\/18528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}