{"id":19229,"date":"2026-07-10T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19229"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:15","slug":"in-other-business-news-255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/07\/in-other-business-news-255\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Brookshire Grocery<\/strong> Company will close four stores in Ashdown, AR; Rayville, LA; Winnfield, LA; and Grambling, LA by July 24 or once inventory is sold out.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kroger<\/strong> has named Emilee De Martino Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, effective August 1. Tim Massa is retiring in mid-September.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ocado Group<\/strong> CEO Tim Steiner will step down at the start of the company\u2019s 2028 fiscal year and move into a founder role after his successor is appointed.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Giant Company<\/strong> has three store renovations underway and has announced at least four store openings and one grand reopening in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022 UNFI<\/strong> has promoted Giorgio \u201cMatteo\u201d Tarditi to President and Chief Operating Officer, named Alfredo Luchini Chief Financial Officer, and said Chief Supply Chain Officer Mark Bushway will leave on January 1, 2027.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Dog Haus<\/strong> has launched an area director program to support growth from 60 locations to 300 and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u2022 El Pollo Loco<\/strong> has opened its first Idaho restaurant in Meridian and plans a second Idaho location this fall.<\/p>\n

\u2022 McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> has named Bryan Brown U.S. Chief Development Officer, effective July 14.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Papa Johns<\/strong> CFO Ravi Thanawala has left; Chris Collins has been named interim CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Qdoba Mexican<\/strong> Eats has signed new and expanded development commitments for a combined 50 restaurants in Nashville and Atlanta and is targeting 100 openings annually.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Qdoba Mexican<\/strong> Eats franchise partner 7 Star Eats has acquired 22 restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, growing its footprint to 42 restaurants across Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Washington.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Lands\u2019 End<\/strong> has appointed Charlie Cole as CEO, effective July 13. He replaces Andrew McLean.<\/p>\n

\u2022 American Eagle Outfitters<\/strong> has named Ravi Thanawala CFO, effective August 3. Michael Mathias will transition from CFO to Strategic Advisor to CEO Jay Schottenstein.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Primark<\/strong> is opening two more U.S. stores in July after recent openings in Texas, Illinois, Florida and Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Five Below<\/strong> will open its 2,000th store in LaGrange, GA on July 17.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sam\u2019s Club<\/strong> plans to open a 166,000-square-foot store on San Antonio\u2019s West Side, with construction expected to finish in November 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Brookshire Grocery Company will close four stores in Ashdown, AR; Rayville, LA; Winnfield, LA; and Grambling, LA by July 24 or once inventory is sold out. \u2022 Kroger has named Emilee De Martino Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, effective August 1. Tim Massa is retiring in mid-September. \u2022… Continue reading In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"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":[],"class_list":["post-19229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retail","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19229","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19229"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19236,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19229\/revisions\/19236"}],"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=19229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}