{"id":18489,"date":"2025-06-20T10:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18235"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:44:59","slug":"in-other-business-news-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/06\/in-other-business-news-207\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2022 Lidl US<\/strong> is opening its third location in Delaware. The new supermarket will open July 11.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Presidente Supermarkets<\/strong> recently opened a new grocery store in Hialeah, FL. The company plans to open two more locations in the area by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 At Home Group Inc.<\/strong> has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to close 26 of its stores by September 30. The locations slated to close are in CA, FL, IL, MA, MN, MT, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WA, and WI.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Costco Wholesale Corp.<\/strong> reported it will build its first standalone gas station in Mission Viejo, CA, in spring 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Home Depot Canada<\/strong> reported it will open a new store in Fort McMurray, AB, in spring 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kirkland\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> has plans to change its corporate name to The Brand House Collective, Inc. The retailer plans to close 20 to 25 stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kirkland\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> has named Courtenay Adolf as VP of Supply Chain. Jamie Schisler has been named COO of the company. Kerri Dlugokinski has been named VP and GMM.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Vera Bradley, Inc.<\/strong> announced that its CEO, Jacqueline Ardrey, is leaving the retailer at the end of July. Martin Layding has been hired as the company\u2019s new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.<\/strong> has entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wayfair Inc.<\/strong> recently opened a 20,000 sq. ft. Perigold store in Houston, TX. It is the first store location for the brand.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Bobby\u2019s Burgers by Bobby Flay<\/strong> has named Patrick Cunningham as its first Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Donatos Pizzeria LLC<\/strong> has opened its first fully autonomous store at the Columbus International Airport in Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fuzzy\u2019s Taco Shop<\/strong> is reportedly testing a full-service model at its new location in Sugar Land, TX. The concept will include \u201cTacotenders\u201d who will take and deliver customers\u2019 orders tableside.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Malnati Organization Inc.<\/strong> has named Julie Younglove-Webb as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Puttshack<\/strong> recently opened a new 30,000 sq. ft. location in Skokie, IL.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Smalls Sliders Franchising LLC<\/strong> reported it has hired Clint Penfield as its new COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 YUM! Brands Inc.<\/strong> reported that Chris Turner will be its next CEO effective October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Lidl US is opening its third location in Delaware. The new supermarket will open July 11. \u2022 Presidente Supermarkets recently opened a new grocery store in Hialeah, FL. The company plans to open two more locations in the area by the end of the year.   Retail \u2022 At Home… 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-18489","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\/18489","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=18489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18523,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions\/18523"}],"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=18489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}