{"id":19070,"date":"2026-03-27T09:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19070"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:53:56","slug":"in-other-business-news-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/03\/in-other-business-news-242\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize <\/strong>reported that its CEO, JJ Fleeman, will leave the company in June.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Couche-Tard Inc<\/strong>. plans to open 100 new Circle K stores this fiscal year. The company is on track to open least 750 new stores by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Harps Food Stores Inc<\/strong>. plans to acquire 18 supermarkets in Kentucky and Tennessee, from Dyer Foods Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u00a0Chicken Salad Chick <\/strong>announced the appointment of Jill Thomas as Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Neighborhood Restaurant Partners<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The 50 Applebee\u2019s restaurants in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, are expected to be acquired by Dine Brands Global, Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fat Brands, Inc<\/strong>. reported its CEO, Andy Wiederhorn, has agreed to temporarily step down. Mason Wiederhorn, Taylor Wiederhorn, and Thayer Wiederhorn are no longer with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0MCL Restaurants and Bakery <\/strong>is reportedly closing four locations this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc<\/strong>. announced Chris Padoan has been appointed as COO of U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Raising Cane\u2019s LLC <\/strong>will soon celebrate the opening of its 1000th<\/sup> restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Savvy Sliders<\/strong> reported it plans to open approximately 35 new restaurants in 2026.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u00a0Capri Holdings Limited <\/strong>has appointed Corey Moran as its new Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Costco Wholesale Corp<\/strong>. will open its first standalone gas station in June. The 17,000 sq. ft. station is in Mission Viejo, CA. A second standalone Costco gas station is planned for Honolulu, HI, in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CVS Health<\/strong> will open its first pharmacy-only location this week in Chicago, IL. The retailer plans to open 20 pharmacy-only locations the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0David\u2019s Bridal <\/strong>has named Scott Saeger as its new Chief Technology Officer. Heather Braddock has been appointed as its new Chief Global Transformation and Operations Officer. The retailer also announced its CFO, Rob Cooper, has stepped down.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp<\/strong>. has appointed Jerry W. \u201cJJ\u201d Fleeman Jr. to succeed Todd Vasos as CEO, effective January 1, 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Foot Locker Inc<\/strong>. recently partnered with DoorDash to offer delivery of online orders to its customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize reported that its CEO, JJ Fleeman, will leave the company in June. \u2022\u00a0Couche-Tard Inc. plans to open 100 new Circle K stores this fiscal year. The company is on track to open least 750 new stores by 2030. \u2022\u00a0Harps Food Stores Inc. plans to acquire 18 supermarkets in Kentucky and… 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-19070","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\/19070","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=19070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19072,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19070\/revisions\/19072"}],"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=19070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}