{"id":19275,"date":"2026-07-31T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19275"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:59:16","slug":"in-other-business-news-258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/07\/in-other-business-news-258\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/t-CSG_Sales_Leads.aspx?utm_source=newsroom&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=inside_ad&amp;utm_content=Offthechain_Core_ad2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/morewaystoconnect2021_300x300.png\" alt=\"Free Trial\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u2022 <strong id=\"link_7eleven\">7-Eleven<\/strong> has appointed Mauricio Leyva as Chief Executive Officer of 7-Eleven Inc., effective August 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Jewel-Osco<\/strong> President Thomas Lofland has retired after a 35-plus-year career with Albertsons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Albertsons Cos<\/strong>. has adopted a new regional operating model that consolidates 11 divisions into four regions. Sharon McCollam, President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Bubbakoo&#8217;s Burritos<\/strong> opened a new restaurant in East Windsor, NJ, on July 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Press Quesadilla Grill<\/strong> opened its second location in Arroyo Grande, CA, on July 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<strong> Zaza Cuban Comfort Food<\/strong> plans to open a new restaurant in Kissimmee, FL, in early 2027, marking its first location in Osceola County and 13th overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Freddy&#8217;s Frozen Custard &amp; Steakburgers<\/strong> opened a second Broken Arrow, OK, restaurant on July 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Wayback Burgers<\/strong> and <strong>Molte Pizze<\/strong> opened a co-branded restaurant in Bridgeport, CT, on July 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>SusieCakes<\/strong> will add two Dallas-Fort Worth bakeries, with one planned for Dallas&#8217; West Village in fall 2026 and another planned for Frisco in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Playa Bowls<\/strong> franchisee Gene Sherman has selected Westview Promenade for a second Frederick County, MD, location, with a third planned for Urbana.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong id=\"link_wetzels\">Wetzel&#8217;s Pretzels and Cold Stone Creamery<\/strong> will open a co-branded store in the Bronx at 1957 Turnbull Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Ross Stores<\/strong> opened 47 new stores during June and July, including 35 Ross Dress for Less locations and 12 DD&#8217;s Discounts locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong id=\"link_adidas\">Adidas<\/strong> will open its first full-price brand concept store in Minnesota at Mall of America in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Target<\/strong> opened 11 new stores in July as part of its plan to open 30 stores in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong id=\"link_hm\">H&amp;M<\/strong> will lay off 76 New York City-based corporate employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022 7-Eleven has appointed Mauricio Leyva as Chief Executive Officer of 7-Eleven Inc., effective August 1. \u2022 Jewel-Osco President Thomas Lofland has retired after a 35-plus-year career with Albertsons. \u2022 Albertsons Cos. has adopted a new regional operating model that consolidates 11 divisions into four regions. Sharon McCollam, President and Chief&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/07\/in-other-business-news-258\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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":[11],"class_list":["post-19275","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\/19275","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=19275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19277,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19275\/revisions\/19277"}],"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=19275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}