{"id":19322,"date":"2026-08-28T12:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19322"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:56:17","slug":"in-other-business-news-262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/08\/in-other-business-news-262\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Brookshire Grocery Company<\/strong> has named Jerry LeClair CEO, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Erewhon<\/strong> opened a Thousand Oaks, California store on August 26, its first location outside Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fareway Meat & Grocery<\/strong> opened a new Fareway Meat Market in Kansas City, Missouri on August 24.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Festival Foods<\/strong> has promoted Adam Whitney to Chief Operating Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Haffner’s<\/strong> debuted a new flagship convenience store in Plymouth, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Heritage Grocers Group<\/strong> announced seven executive appointments across the organization.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Houchens Food Group<\/strong> launched its Food Saver discount grocery banner after opening three stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Giant Company<\/strong> has named Jim Saccary Vice President of Human Resources.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Raley’s Companies<\/strong> plans to close four stores under the Raley’s and Nob Hill Foods banners.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Texas Born Stores<\/strong> has named Nate Brazier President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Town & Country Markets<\/strong> appointed Leslie J. Rice, Jennifer Daquiz Hare and Ed Nakata to its Board; Nakata was also named Family Council President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace<\/strong> plans new stores in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and Moorestown, New Jersey for late 2027.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Aroma Joe’s<\/strong> plans to open a drive-thru shop in Sabattus, Maine in September.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Blaze Pizza<\/strong> has named Tracy Stockard Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Buffalo Wild Wings<\/strong> has appointed Ahmed Awadallah Chief Operating Officer of Sports Bars.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dave & Buster’s<\/strong> has appointed Amanda Busby Chief Operating Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dillas Quesadillas<\/strong> opened its first nontraditional location inside Brookshire Grocery Arena on August 27.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Egg Tuck<\/strong> plans its 17th location and first San Diego restaurant later this month.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gong cha<\/strong> plans its first U.S. airport location at Phoenix Sky Harbor by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Goop Kitchen<\/strong> opened its first dine-in restaurant at One Paseo in Del Mar on August 27 and plans further San Diego expansion.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hickory Tavern<\/strong> closed four locations in North Carolina and South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Huey Magoo’s<\/strong> signed a three-unit development agreement for Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Johnny Rockets<\/strong> opened its seventh Arizona location at Chandler Fashion Center.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Levain Bakery<\/strong> has promoted Lorna Sommerville and Taya Stenson to Co-Chief Executive Officers.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food<\/strong> plans to open its first Indiana restaurant in Avon on August 31.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mokas Coffee & Eatery<\/strong> signed a nine-unit development agreement across Missouri and Kansas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Original ChopShop<\/strong> plans to open a Richardson, Texas location on September 16.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SAJJ Mediterranean<\/strong> plans new locations in downtown San Francisco and at Stanford University.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sip Fresh<\/strong> opened a Chandler Fashion Center location and secured leases for two additional locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Slim Chickens<\/strong> opened four restaurants in Pasco, Las Vegas, Batesville and Round Rock in one week.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wendy’s<\/strong> has named Tariq Hassan Chief Marketing and Customer Growth Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Wingstop<\/strong> announced that Donnie Upshaw will resign as Senior Vice President and Chief Brand and People Officer effective September 10.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Build-A-Bear Workshop<\/strong> terminated Chief Growth Officer David Henderson on August 26.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Gap Inc<\/strong>. has named Justin Breton Vice President of Development, effective August 31.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Old Navy<\/strong> has named Michael Francis CEO effective November 2; Haio Barbeito will move to an advisory role.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target<\/strong> will launch its Beauty Studio concept in about 600 stores on September 10.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Vitamin Shoppe<\/strong> has promoted Jack Gayton to Senior Vice President, Merchandising; Muriel Gonzalez announced her retirement.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart<\/strong> announced Chief Communications Officer Allyson Park will leave the role September 1 and serve as an adviser through February 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Brookshire Grocery Company has named Jerry LeClair CEO, effective immediately. \u2022\u00a0Erewhon opened a Thousand Oaks, California store on August 26, its first location outside Los Angeles County. \u2022\u00a0Fareway Meat & Grocery opened a new Fareway Meat Market in Kansas City, Missouri on August 24. \u2022\u00a0Festival Foods has promoted Adam Whitney to… 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":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-19322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19322","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=19322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19326,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19322\/revisions\/19326"}],"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=19322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}