{"id":19286,"date":"2026-08-07T11:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19286"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:23:14","slug":"in-other-business-news-259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/08\/in-other-business-news-259\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Save A Lot<\/strong> opened its second Save A Lot y Mas store in St. Louis, expanding its Hispanic-focused grocery format.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ahold Delhaize USA<\/strong> and Americold will wind down operations at an automated frozen distribution center in Lancaster, PA, and halt plans for a Plainville, CT, facility.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wakefern Food Corp<\/strong>. plans to open a 12,000-square-foot centralized pharmacy fulfillment center in early 2027 to support ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer pharmacies.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Panera Bread<\/strong> has named Andrew Rebhun as Chief Marketing Officer. Mark Shambura will depart the company this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tropical Smoothie Cafe<\/strong> has appointed Joe Sieve as Chief Development & Growth Officer, succeeding Cheryl Fletcher ahead of her planned retirement.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pokeworks<\/strong> is expanding in Texas, with six locations under construction across Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Marco\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> signed a three-unit development agreement in Columbia, MO, with the first location scheduled to open in October 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wetzel\u2019s Pretzels<\/strong> opened a new bakery at Cannon Beach Surf Park in Mesa, AZ.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Little Caesars<\/strong> has named Jack Veltema as Director of Franchise Sales for the West.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Potbelly<\/strong> opened a new shop at Fort Belvoir, VA, expanding its military-installation footprint.<\/p>\n

\u2022 TAP Brazilian Cafe<\/strong> opened its fifth location in New York City\u2019s NoMad neighborhood and plans a Coral Gables, FL, opening.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mountain Mike\u2019s Pizza<\/strong> opened a restaurant in Wenatchee, WA, marking its fourth location in Washington and first in Chelan County.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dog Haus<\/strong> opened its first permanent international restaurant in M\u00e9rida, Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico, with two additional Mexico locations planned in 2026.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Best Buy<\/strong> appointed Anne Bramman as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 19. Matt Bilunas left the role on July 31.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Home Depot<\/strong> reorganized its technology leadership, moving store, supply chain and Pro product technology teams under EVP and CTO Franziska Bell.<\/p>\n

\u2022 American Eagle Outfitters<\/strong> plans to open a $41 million distribution center in Salisbury, NC, in early 2027 to serve the Southeastern U.S.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Amazon<\/strong> plans to add supply chain facilities in Holbrook, NY, and Terrell, TX, including a 4 million-square-foot operations facility in New York.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart<\/strong> and Wing launched drone delivery in Florida\u2019s Greater Orlando area, with service from two stores and three additional stores planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Save A Lot opened its second Save A Lot y Mas store in St. Louis, expanding its Hispanic-focused grocery format. \u2022 Ahold Delhaize USA and Americold will wind down operations at an automated frozen distribution center in Lancaster, PA, and halt plans for a Plainville, CT, facility. \u2022 Wakefern Food… 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":[11],"class_list":["post-19286","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\/19286","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=19286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19290,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19286\/revisions\/19290"}],"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=19286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}