{"id":19142,"date":"2026-05-15T11:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19142"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:42:28","slug":"in-other-business-news-249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/05\/in-other-business-news-249\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize USA <\/strong>has appointed Vipin Gopal as Senior VP and Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0K-VA-T Food Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced Katie Penny was promoted to Corporate Exec VP of Food City Store Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0National Grocers Association <\/strong>reported Stephanie Johnson has been promoted to Senior VP, Head of Government Affairs. Laura Strange has been promoted to Chief Public Affairs and Advocacy Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Royal Farms<\/strong> will open its first convenience store in South Carolina next week, in Myrtle Beach.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Market Inc<\/strong>. is expanding into Ohio beginning in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wakefern Food Corp<\/strong>. announced Chris Ruane has been named Director of Own Brands.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wawa Inc<\/strong>. will open its first convenience store in the state of Tennessee next month. The company plans to open 50 locations in Tennessee over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whole Foods Market Inc<\/strong>. reported it plans to open Daily Shop stores in Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, and Philadelphia, PA, in the next two years.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Chicken Salad Chick <\/strong>has signed a franchise agreement to open 25 locations across upstate New York.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Inspire Brands<\/strong> recently signed a franchise agreement to open hundreds of Dunkin\u2019 locations across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jack in the Box Inc<\/strong>. announced Lance Tucker is no longer CEO of the company. Mark King, its Chairman, was named Interim CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack Inc<\/strong>. has named Michelle Hook as its new CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Swig<\/strong> has signed a franchise agreement to open 10 new locations in Colorado Springs, CO. The first location is expected to open by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Vicious Biscuit<\/strong> has hired Mike Stevens as Chief Development Officer and Director of Supply Chain. Kate Byrd was promoted to Franchise Liaison.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc<\/strong>. opened a new store in Grand Prairie, TX, this week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Burlington Stores, Inc.<\/strong> will open 26 new stores across 20 states this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. has named Nick Talarico as COO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jonathan Adler Enterprises LLC<\/strong> has named Alison Bergen as its new President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Psycho Bunny<\/strong> has named Kevin Ramstack as VP of Stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rent the Runway<\/strong> announced Jennifer Hyman, its CEO and President, is leaving her role at the company. Teri Bariquit will serve as Interim CEO and President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> reported it is remodeling at least 130 locations this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0US LBM Holdings, LLC<\/strong> has acquired Builders Supply Co<\/strong>. in Lancaster, SC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize USA has appointed Vipin Gopal as Senior VP and Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer. \u2022\u00a0K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. announced Katie Penny was promoted to Corporate Exec VP of Food City Store Operations. \u2022\u00a0National Grocers Association reported Stephanie Johnson has been promoted to Senior VP, Head of Government Affairs. Laura… 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-19142","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\/19142","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=19142"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19147,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19142\/revisions\/19147"}],"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=19142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}