{"id":18809,"date":"2025-10-24T15:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18809"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:35:12","slug":"in-other-business-news-223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/10\/in-other-business-news-223\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>Aldi Inc<\/strong>. will open nine new grocery stores in the coming weeks, in AL, FL, MI, OH, PA, and SC.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Baldor Specialty Foods Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Teepoo Riaz as its new Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. Vladimiro Sinatti has been named as the company\u2019s CFO. He replaces Eileen Manitsas who has retired.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Fresh Market <\/strong>is closing reportedly closing two stores, in Framingham, MA, and Naperville, IL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Vallarta Supermarkets<\/strong> announced it plans to open its first store outside California. The new 49,000 sq. ft. location is scheduled to open in Glendale, AZ, in January 2026.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Angry Chikz <\/strong>announced it plans to open 20 new restaurants in the next year in AZ, CA, IL, IN, NV, PA, and TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Biscuit Belly <\/strong>reported it plans to open six new restaurants in FL, GA, and NC.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Layne\u2019s Chicken Fingers <\/strong>has signed franchise agreements to open at least 55 new restaurants, including its entry into Oregon.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Panera Bread Company <\/strong>announced that Earl Ellis has been appointed as its new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Playa Bowls<\/strong> announced a franchise agreement to expand across Canada.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0ABC Supply Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. announced Dan Gaddini has been promoted to VP of National Accounts. Lloyd Hamilton has been promoted to VP of the Southeast Region.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bambi Baby<\/strong> announced it will open new 9,400 sq. ft. store in New York City, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bass Pro Shops<\/strong> announced that it will open a new 90,000 sq. ft. store in Victor, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bombas <\/strong>reported it is opening its first store locations. Stores are planned for Austin, TX, Boca Raton, FL, and New York City, NY, by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Five Below Inc<\/strong>. will open eight new stores across Oregon and Washington by the end of November.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Grown Brilliance<\/strong> recently opened a new 2,500 sq. ft. location in New York City, NY. The retailer plans to open four additional locations by the end of this year, in FL, GA, MA, and TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Koopman Lumber & Hardware<\/strong> announced it will acquire Lyon & Billard Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lowe’s Companies Inc. <\/strong>has officially completed its acquisition of Foundation Building Materials LLC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0R.P. Lumber Co<\/strong>. Inc<\/strong>. announced it has acquired Dye Lumber Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rural King Supply<\/strong> recently opened its first location in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Christopher DelOrefice as its new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Vitamin Shoppe<\/strong> announced the appointment of Kate Vukelich as Exec VP and Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Rachael Vegas as Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wayfair Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its second Perigold location. The 30,000 sq. ft. store is in West Palm Beach, FL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Aldi Inc. will open nine new grocery stores in the coming weeks, in AL, FL, MI, OH, PA, and SC. \u2022\u00a0Baldor Specialty Foods Inc. has appointed Teepoo Riaz as its new Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. Vladimiro Sinatti has been named as the company\u2019s CFO. He replaces Eileen Manitsas who 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-18809","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\/18809","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=18809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18813,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18809\/revisions\/18813"}],"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=18809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}