{"id":18883,"date":"2025-12-05T15:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18883"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:25:39","slug":"in-other-business-news-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2025\/12\/in-other-business-news-227\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Fareway Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced Mark DeYoung has been named VP of Retail Construction and Maintenance. Roger Wirtz has been promoted to Regional VP. Matt Sherwood, VP of Engineering, is retiring. Jim Giardino, Regional VP, is also retiring.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fareway Stores Inc<\/strong>. recently opened its first grocery store in Kansas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0RaceTrac Inc<\/strong>. opened its first convenience store in North Carolina this week.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0El Pollo Loco Inc<\/strong>. reported Maria Hollandsworth, President and COO, has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GoTo Foods<\/strong> has appointed Omer Gajial as its new CEO. He succeeds Jim Holthouser, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems<\/strong> announced the appointment of Andrew Skehan as President of International.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0K&W Cafeterias Inc<\/strong>. has closed all its restaurants and gone out of business.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Raising Cane\u2019s LLC<\/strong> will open 14 new restaurants in December, in CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, NJ, NV, and TN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack Inc<\/strong>. has announced that its CFO, Katherine Fogertey, will step down from the company, effective March 4, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SPB Hospitality<\/strong> announced the appointment of Tonya R. Robinson as its new CFO. She succeeds Jessica Hagler, who has left the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Teriyaki Madness LLC<\/strong> has named Scott Shotter as Chief Restaurant Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Texas Roadhouse Inc<\/strong>. announced Mike Lenihan has been named as its new CFO. Keith Humpich has been promoted to Chief Accounting and Financial Services Officer. Sean Renfroe has been promoted to General Counsel.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Velvet Taco<\/strong> announced that Chris Schultz has been named as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0American Signature Inc<\/strong>. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Belk Inc<\/strong>. will open a new smaller store concept this month, with locations in FL and TX. The new Belk Market stores will have a smaller footprint of 25,000 to 30,000 sq. ft.\u00a0 The company plans to open additional locations in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CVS Health <\/strong>has appointed its President and CEO, David Joyner, as Chaiman, effective January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fruth Pharmacy Inc. <\/strong>reported it will close all of its stores by the end of this year. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. will acquire the pharmacies.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hancock Lumber <\/strong>has appointed Tim Bonenfant as General Manager of its Saco Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kohl\u2019s Corporation<\/strong> has appointed Michael J. Bender as CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Koopman Lumber & Hardware<\/strong> has announced Denise Brookhouse will assume the role of CEO. Dirk Koopman will transition into the role of President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lululemon Athletica Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Andre Maestrini to President and Chief Commercial Officer. Carla Anderson has been promoted to Senior VP and General Manager of North America. The retailer also announced that Celeste Burgoyne, President of the Americas, will leave the company at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0NIKE Inc<\/strong>. appointed Venkatesh Alagirisamy to Exec VP, and COO. Craig Williams and Muge Dogan will leave the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Orgill Inc<\/strong>. announced it has hired Sharmeelee Bala as its new Chief Digital and Information Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ross Stores Inc<\/strong>. reported that K. Gunnar Bjorklund will become Chairman, effective February 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sleep Number Corporation<\/strong> has named Amy O\u2019Keefe as its new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SPAR Group Inc<\/strong> has appointed William Linnane as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tailored Brands, Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Karla Gray to Exec VP and COO. The retailer also announced that Mike Baughn will join the company as its new Exec VP and CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TOMS.com, LLC<\/strong> has named Katie Wagner as its new Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Vitamin Shoppe<\/strong> has hired Monika Grabania as VP Digital Marketing. Erica Evans was named VP Inventory Planning.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Westlake Ace Hardware<\/strong> announced plans to open its first location in Oregon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Fareway Stores Inc. announced Mark DeYoung has been named VP of Retail Construction and Maintenance. Roger Wirtz has been promoted to Regional VP. Matt Sherwood, VP of Engineering, is retiring. Jim Giardino, Regional VP, is also retiring. \u2022\u00a0Fareway Stores Inc. recently opened its first grocery store in Kansas. \u2022\u00a0RaceTrac Inc. opened… 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-18883","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\/18883","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=18883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18888,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18883\/revisions\/18888"}],"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=18883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}