{"id":18998,"date":"2026-02-13T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=18998"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:50:32","slug":"in-other-business-news-236","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/02\/in-other-business-news-236\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0The American Frozen Food Institute <\/strong>has promoted Adrienne Seiling to COO and Director of Strategic Initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Fresh Grocer<\/strong> recently opened its first location in New York City. The 18,000 sq. ft. store is in Brooklyn, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co<\/strong>. has appointed Greg Foran as the company\u2019s new CEO. Ron Sargent will no longer serve as Interim CEO but will continue to serve as Chairman. The company also announced it has promoted Mike Goodwin to the role of President of its Central Division, effective April 1. He will succeed Colleen Juergensen, who is retiring.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc<\/strong>. plans to remodel more than half of its locations by 2035. In 2026, the retailer plans to open 20 new locations and remodel 35 stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc<\/strong>. announced it plans to open its first grocery store in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sheetz Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to open fourteen new convenience stores across southeast Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sunoco LP<\/strong> will acquire all Duck Thru Food Store locations from Jernigan Oil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0CEC Entertainment Inc<\/strong>. announced the promotion of Nathan Hunstable to CIO and VP, Information Technology. He succeeds Jay Spears, who is stepping down.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Freddy\u2019s LLC<\/strong> has appointed Todd Paladini as its first Chief Information Officer of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Portillo Restaurant Group<\/strong> has named Brett Patterson as the company\u2019s new President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Velvet Taco<\/strong> plans to open eight new restaurants this year, in new markets.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Designer Brands Inc<\/strong>. has named Sheamus Toal as Exec VP and CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Five Below Inc<\/strong>. reportedly has plans to open over 40 new store locations during February and March.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fossil Group Inc<\/strong>. announced Shannon Freeze has been named as the company\u2019s next Chief People and Communications Officer, effective February 23.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Francesca\u2019s Holdings Corp<\/strong>. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to close all its stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Saks Incorporated<\/strong> is reportedly closing eight Saks Fifth Avenue stores by the end of April.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> announced its Chief Commercial Officer, Rick Gomez, has retired. Jill Sando, Chief Merchandising Officer, is also retiring. Cara Sylvester has been promoted to Chief Merchandising Officer. Lisa Roath has been promoted to COO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> is opening seven new stores in March in Bakersfield, CA; Delano, CA; Springfield, MO; Jersey City, NJ; Fuquay Varina, NC; Oak Cliff, TX; and West Orange, NJ.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Warby Parker Inc.<\/strong> has named Adrian Mitchell as its new CFO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0The American Frozen Food Institute has promoted Adrienne Seiling to COO and Director of Strategic Initiatives. \u2022\u00a0The Fresh Grocer recently opened its first location in New York City. The 18,000 sq. ft. store is in Brooklyn, NY. \u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co. has appointed Greg Foran as the company\u2019s new CEO. Ron Sargent… 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-18998","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\/18998","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=18998"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19003,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18998\/revisions\/19003"}],"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=18998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}