{"id":18759,"date":"2025-10-03T11:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18759"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:42:48","slug":"in-other-business-news-220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/10\/in-other-business-news-220\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Aldi Inc<\/strong>. has partnered with Uber Eats to offer delivery to its customers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 H-E-B<\/strong> announced Roxanne Orsak, its COO, will be promoted to the position of President, effective January 2026. She will take over for Craig Boyan, who will retire at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Kroger Co<\/strong>. has partnered with DoorDash to offer delivery from its stores nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lidl US LLC<\/strong> will open three new stores on October 22nd<\/sup>, in Atlanta, GA, Woodbridge, VA, and Yonkers, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Meijer Inc<\/strong>. announced it will open a new 115,000 sq. ft. store in Western Pennsylvania in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Parker Companies<\/strong> announced that John Rudolfs will serve as co-CEO alongside Brandon Hofmann. John Rhine has been promoted to CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sprouts Farmers Markets Inc<\/strong>. has partnered with Klatch Coffee Inc<\/strong>. to open 20 Klatch Coffee cafes in its stores across Southern California.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stater Bros<\/strong>. Holdings Inc<\/strong>. announced the promotion of Rebecca Calvin to Exec VP and Chief Marketing Officer. Bertha Luna has been promoted to Exec VP of Store Operations.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Cava Group, Inc<\/strong>. announced its COO, Jennifer Somers, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Iron Hill Brewery, LLC <\/strong>has filed for bankruptcy and closed all its locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems<\/strong> announced the appointment of Betsy Mercado as the company’s first Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Noodles & Company<\/strong> announced its Chief Concept Officer, Scott Davis, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pret A Manger (USA) Ltd <\/strong>announced the appointment of Matthew Bresnahan as Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Qdoba Mexican Eats<\/strong> announced it has promoted Jon Burke to Chief Marketing Officer. Katy Velazquez has been promoted to VP for Culinary Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SPB Hospitality<\/strong> has announced the appointment of G.J. Hart as Chairman and CEO. He will take over for Josh Kern, who is stepping down.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Starbucks Corporation<\/strong> announced it will close 434 locations in North America.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tatte Bakery & Cafe<\/strong> has hired Scott Davis as its new Senior VP of Menu Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wayback Franchising LLC<\/strong> recently opened its first location in New York City, NY.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Costco Wholesale Corp<\/strong>. announced it plans to open 35 new stores in its new fiscal year, including five relocations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Duluth Holdings Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new 9,500 sq. ft. store in Maple Grove, MN.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Genesco Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Andy Gray to CEO of its new Journeys Global Retail Group. Chris Santaella has been promoted to Chief Merchandising Officer, Journeys Global Retail Group.<\/p>\n

\u2022 House-Hasson Hardware Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. has announced that its CEO, Steve Henry will retire at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 L & W Supply<\/strong> announced Frank Marcoccio will take on the role of President effective January 1, 2026. He will succeed Dan Piche.<\/p>\n

\u2022 National Lumber Co<\/strong>. has acquired Fisher Lumber<\/strong> in Rockville, MD.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings<\/strong> will open nine new stores this month in AL, AR, IN, MA, MO, TX, and WI.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shoe Carnival Inc<\/strong>. has named W. Kerry Jackson as Exec VP and CFO. He succeeds Patrick C. Edwards, who has been named Senior VP and Treasurer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Target Corporation<\/strong> reported it will open new store locations this month in AZ, CA, FL, NE, SCT, TX, and VA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, C-Store \u2022 Aldi Inc. has partnered with Uber Eats to offer delivery to its customers. \u2022 H-E-B announced Roxanne Orsak, its COO, will be promoted to the position of President, effective January 2026. She will take over for Craig Boyan, who will retire at the end of 2026. \u2022 The Kroger Co. has… 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-18759","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\/18759","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=18759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18766,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18759\/revisions\/18766"}],"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=18759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}