{"id":18830,"date":"2025-10-31T08:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18830"},"modified":"2025-10-31T08:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:51:31","slug":"in-other-business-news-224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/10\/in-other-business-news-224\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Brookshire Grocery Co<\/strong>. will soon open a new Fresh by Brookshire\u2019s store in Longview, TX. The 66,000 sq. ft. location will be the third for the brand.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. is planning to launch a new concept called Coborn\u2019s Market & Table. The 60,000 sq. ft. store will open in Plymouth, MN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. announced it has promoted Meghan Vazquez to VP of Internal Audit. Aleece Tiedt was promoted to VP and Controller. Bill Hammond was promoted to VP, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rutter’s Holdings Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new 14,000 sq. ft. store in Winchester, VA. It marks the retailer\u2019s entrance into the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. has opened its fourth of Whole Foods Market Daily Shop location. The 10,000 sq. ft. store is in Arlington, VA.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Ascent Hospitality Management <\/strong>announced the appointment of Paul Damico as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Inspire Brands<\/strong> announced that Kelly McCulloch has been named as its new Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0MOD Pizza LLC<\/strong> has named Charae Carter Jenkins as its new VP of Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Potbelly Corporation<\/strong> announced Adam Noyes has been appointed as President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Snooze Eatery <\/strong>announced that Tyler Loy will assume the role of CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SPB Hospitality<\/strong> announced the promotion of Ryan Russell to Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Beyond Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Rick Lockton as Exec VP and Chief Digital, Product and Technology Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Brand House Collective, Inc<\/strong>. has named Lisa Foley as its new Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc<\/strong>. has named Carmen Flores as its new Senior VP of E-Commerce & Digital Experiences.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Carter\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to close approximately 150 stores in North America over the next three years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Great Lakes Ace Hardware<\/strong> reported it will acquire Macomb Ace Hardware<\/strong> in Macomb Township, MI. The transaction is expected to close on January 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hibbett Inc<\/strong>. has partnered with Uber Eats to offer delivery from its stores nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Crew Group Inc<\/strong>. announced the appointment of Gena Smith to the role of Chief Human Resources Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kenneth Cole Productions<\/strong> announced Jed Berger has been named CEO and President. Emily Cole has been promoted to Chief Product Officer and Creative Director. Lauren Montemaro Kahn has joined the retailer as Chief Commercial Officer. Renada Williams has been named Chief People Officer and General Counsel.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0LoveShackFancy<\/strong> recently opened a new 2,300 sq. ft. location in New York City, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0New Balance Holdings Inc<\/strong>. recently opened a new 3,400 sq. ft. store in New York City, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tractor Supply Co<\/strong>. reported it plans to open 100 new store locations in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Brookshire Grocery Co. will soon open a new Fresh by Brookshire\u2019s store in Longview, TX. The 66,000 sq. ft. location will be the third for the brand. \u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc. is planning to launch a new concept called Coborn\u2019s Market & Table. The 60,000 sq. ft. store will open in Plymouth, MN.… 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-18830","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\/18830","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=18830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18834,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18830\/revisions\/18834"}],"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=18830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}