{"id":18494,"date":"2025-07-11T10:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18260"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:03:43","slug":"in-other-business-news-210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/07\/in-other-business-news-210\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0The Food Industry Association<\/strong> has appointed Rachel Anderson as its new VP of Business Development. Jessica Tanner has been appointed as its Director of Legal Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Majors Management LLC<\/strong> has acquired 35 Circle K convenience store locations across IN, OH and PA, from Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. recently opened new grocery stores in Foley and Meridianville, AL, and another in Fort Lauderdale, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Refuel Operating Company, LLC <\/strong>recently acquired eight convenience stores in Mississippi. The locations will be rebranded to its Double Quick concept.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Saval Foods LLC<\/strong> has acquired Pastore Inc<\/strong>., in Baltimore, MD.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Save-A-Lot Holdings, Inc<\/strong>. has partnered with Leevers Supermarkets Inc<\/strong>. to open a new concept cater to Hispanic customers, called Save A Lot y Mas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tawa Supermarkets Inc<\/strong>. plans to open its first 99 Ranch Market location in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Trader Joe’s Co<\/strong>. reported it plans to open 7 new locations in LA, MA, NY, UT, and VA in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp<\/strong>. has agreed to be acquired and is going private. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Body Shop Inc<\/strong>. announced Mike Jatania, its Executive Chairman, has been named as its CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Family Dollar Stores Inc<\/strong>. is no longer part of Dollar Tree Stores Inc.<\/strong>\u00a0 The private company will remain headquartered in Chesapeake, VA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kuiken Brothers Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Matt Berger, Michael Kuiken, and Jeff Woodthree as new Regional Managers. Jose Silva has been named as Senior Operations Strategy Manager.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0IKEA North America<\/strong> will open a new 88,500 sq. ft. store in Syracuse, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new 3,000 sq. ft. Nordstrom Local in Williamsburg, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings<\/strong> recently opened its first store in Nebraska. The retailer will enter another new state later this month with its first store in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rack Room Shoes Inc<\/strong>. announced Brian Burnett has been promoted to Senior VP, Chief Merchandise Officer. Molly Hartney has been promoted to Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0RH<\/strong> recently opened a new 45,000 sq. ft. location in Oklahoma City, OK.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Warby Parker Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its 300th<\/sup> store location. The retailer will open 45 new stores this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Weyerhaeuser Co<\/strong>. has opened two new distribution centers in Spokane, WA, and Billings, MT.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Williams-Sonoma, Inc<\/strong>. will open new Pottery Barn and West Elm stores in Fort Worth, TX.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0CEC Entertainment Inc<\/strong>. has debuted a spin-off concept for adults called Chuck\u2019s Arcade. The company has opened 10 locations so far in CT, FL, MO, NH, NY, OK, AND TX, and plans to open more.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fat Brands Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open 40 new Fatburger restaurants in Florida over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wagamama US<\/strong> announced the appointment of Suk Singh as Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Wendy’s Company<\/strong> announced its President and CEO, Kirk Tanner, is leaving the company. The company\u2019s CFO, Ken Cook, has appointed as interim CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0The Food Industry Association has appointed Rachel Anderson as its new VP of Business Development. Jessica Tanner has been appointed as its Director of Legal Operations. \u2022\u00a0Majors Management LLC has acquired 35 Circle K convenience store locations across IN, OH and PA, from Couche-Tard Inc. \u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc. recently opened… 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-18494","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\/18494","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=18494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18507,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18494\/revisions\/18507"}],"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=18494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}