{"id":18695,"date":"2025-08-29T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18695"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:12:49","slug":"in-other-business-news-215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/08\/in-other-business-news-215\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Albertsons Cos<\/strong>. reported Michelle Larson has been promoted to Exec VP, Chief Merchandising Officer. Christopher Lanoue has been promoted to Group VP, Merchandising. Thomas Lofland has been named President of the Jewel-Osco Division.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc.<\/strong> plans to open its first store in Manhattan in 2026. The 25,000 sq. ft. location will be near Times Square.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grocery Outlet Holding Corp<\/strong>. has named Frank Kerr as Exec VP and Chief Store Operations Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Save-A-Lot Holdings, Inc<\/strong>. has promoted its COO, Bill Mayo, to CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Applebee’s Services Inc<\/strong>. has named Michelle Chin as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Jerrold “Jay” Wong has been named COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bagel Brands<\/strong> announced Jessica Serrano has been appointed as its new Chief Marketing Officer of Einstein Bros Bagels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bobby\u2019s Burgers By Bobby Flay <\/strong>has signed an agreement to open 65 new locations across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Doctor’s Associates Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Damien Harmon as President of its North America division. Tracy Gehlan was named as President of its EMEA division. Artemio Garza was named as President of its Latin America and Caribbean division.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc<\/strong>. announced its Chief People Officer, Meghan Spuler, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Twin Hospitality Group Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Andy Wiederhorn as its new Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0White Castle Management Co<\/strong>. announced it will open its first location in Texas in summer 2026.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. has named Donny Lau as its new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lululemon Athletica Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Ranju Das as Chief AI and Technology Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Staples Inc<\/strong>. announced a partnership with Now Optics, LLC<\/strong> for in store shops.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. announced that it is now a private company, following its acquisition by Sycamore Partners.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. reported that Mike Motz has been named as CEO of the company. John Lederer has been appointed Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC<\/strong> has appointed Christine Reddy as its new General Counsel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons Cos. reported Michelle Larson has been promoted to Exec VP, Chief Merchandising Officer. Christopher Lanoue has been promoted to Group VP, Merchandising. Thomas Lofland has been named President of the Jewel-Osco Division. \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. plans to open its first store in Manhattan in 2026. The 25,000 sq. ft. location will… Continue reading In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":18547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-with-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-18695","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\/18695","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=18695"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18699,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18695\/revisions\/18699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}