{"id":18927,"date":"2026-01-09T09:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18927"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:03:32","slug":"in-other-business-news-231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/01\/in-other-business-news-231\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd.<\/strong> plans to open its first location in North Carolina. The new 74,000 sq. ft. travel center will open in Mebane, in May 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Reliance Oil LLC<\/strong> has acquired the six Shell convenience stores owned by SAC Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Save Mart Companies<\/strong> has given Jim Perkins the additional role of CEO.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a07 Brew Drive-Thru Coffee <\/strong>recently opened its 600th<\/sup> store location.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ascent Hospitality Management <\/strong>announced Bob Campbell has been named as its Brand President of Huddle House.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Blaze Pizza LLC<\/strong> announced the appointment of John Owen as CEO. He replaces Beto Guajardo.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CKE Restaurants Inc<\/strong>. reported Iwona Alter has been named Brand President of Carl\u2019s Jr.<\/strong> He replaces Blake Devillier.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Compass Coffee<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken<\/strong> has promoted Jim Bitticks to CEO of the company. He succeeds Bill Phelps, who will remain as Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dutch Bros<\/strong>. Coffee<\/strong> reported it has named Jennifer Somers as its new Chief Shops Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Salt & Straw<\/strong> recently opened two new shops in Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprinkles Cupcakes CA Inc<\/strong>. has closed all its company-owned locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Twin Hospitality Group Inc<\/strong>. announced its CEO and President, Kim Boerema, is no longer with the company. Andy Wiederhorn has been appointed as CEO.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Barnes & Noble Inc<\/strong>. plans to open 60 new locations across the country in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fastenal Company<\/strong> announced that Daniel Florness is stepping down as CEO on July 16, 2026. Jeffery Watts, current President and Chief Sales Officer, will succeed him.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Givenchy <\/strong>has named Amandine Ohayon as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kendra Scott LLC <\/strong>has named Chris Blakeslee as its new CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Saks Incorporated<\/strong> has named\u00a0its Executive Chairman, Richard Baker, as CEO. He replaces Marc Metrick.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SPAR Group Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Jean Richer to Director of North American Sales and Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. announced that Tracey Brown has left the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Buc-ee\u2019s Ltd. plans to open its first location in North Carolina. The new 74,000 sq. ft. travel center will open in Mebane, in May 2027. \u2022\u00a0Reliance Oil LLC has acquired the six Shell convenience stores owned by SAC Inc. \u2022\u00a0The Save Mart Companies has given Jim Perkins the additional role of… 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-18927","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\/18927","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=18927"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18942,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18927\/revisions\/18942"}],"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=18927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}