{"id":19316,"date":"2026-08-21T13:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19316"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:16:39","slug":"in-other-business-news-261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/08\/in-other-business-news-261\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2022 Meijer<\/strong> opened a 75,000-square-foot Meijer Grocery store in Livonia, Michigan, on August 19, its fifth Meijer Grocery location in the Midwest and fourth in Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Buc-ee’s<\/strong> opened its first Arkansas travel center in Benton on August 17, marking the convenience-store chain’s debut in the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022 BJ’s Wholesale Club<\/strong> is preparing to open a Mesquite, Texas, club this fall, which would become its fifth Dallas-Fort Worth location as it continues its Texas expansion.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gus’s Community Market<\/strong> plans to open its first store outside San Francisco in Los Gatos, California, in spring 2027, expanding the family-owned grocer to a sixth location.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Chicken Salad Chick<\/strong> appointed Drew Travis as Chief Financial Officer; he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance at GoTo Foods and assumed the new role in August.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Metro Diner<\/strong> opened its first Lecanto, Florida, restaurant on August 17 in Citrus County, adding a 3,710-square-foot location with indoor and patio seating.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pei Wei Asian Kitchen<\/strong> opened a refreshed Boynton Beach, Florida, restaurant on August 18, relocating the brand to an updated space at 7375 Boynton Beach Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers<\/strong> opened a new restaurant in Philadelphia, Mississippi, on August 18, adding dine-in, patio, drive-thru and mobile-ordering service to its 580-plus-unit system.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Men’s Wearhouse<\/strong> opened a new 5,443-square-foot store in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on August 19, expanding the menswear chain’s national footprint to more than 640 stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Michaels<\/strong> debuted a next-generation store format at three locations, with redesigned departments and new personalization and service features.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lululemon<\/strong> is losing Chief AI Officer Ranju Das, whose departure was reported August 14 ahead of incoming CEO Heidi O’Neill’s September start.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Foot Locker<\/strong> partnered with Nike and Crenshaw community leaders to unveil The Crenshaw Rec by Foot Locker, a new Los Angeles retail experience centered on sport, culture and community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & Convenience Stores \u2022 Meijer opened a 75,000-square-foot Meijer Grocery store in Livonia, Michigan, on August 19, its fifth Meijer Grocery location in the Midwest and fourth in Michigan. \u2022 Buc-ee’s opened its first Arkansas travel center in Benton on August 17, marking the convenience-store chain’s debut in the state. \u2022 BJ’s Wholesale… 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-19316","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\/19316","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=19316"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19320,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316\/revisions\/19320"}],"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=19316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}