{"id":19337,"date":"2026-09-04T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19337"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:49:38","slug":"in-other-business-news-263","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/09\/in-other-business-news-263\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Kroger Co<\/strong>. has named Mark Ibbotson Executive Vice President and Chief Store Operations Officer, effective September 14.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Loblaw Companies<\/strong> Limited now expects to open approximately 75 new locations in 2026, up from about 70 planned earlier, and renovate more than 190 existing locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Market<\/strong> has named President and COO Nick Konat its next CEO, effective January 4, 2027. Jack Sinclair will become Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TXB Stores<\/strong> has named Nate Brazier President. Owner and CEO Kevin Smartt will remain focused on growth, strategy, acquisitions and long-term direction.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Brooklyn Water Bagel<\/strong> has opened its first campus location at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Caribou Coffee<\/strong> has named Zane Thomas-Rogers Chief Operations Officer. John Walbrun is retiring and will remain as a strategic advisor during the transition.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CC’s Coffee House<\/strong> has named Bailey Richard Director of Marketing to lead brand positioning, guest engagement and local restaurant marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/strong> has opened its first restaurant in Asia in Seoul, South Korea, through a joint venture with Sangmidang Holdings.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fuzzy’s Taco Shop<\/strong> has closed its three Houston-area locations in Katy, Kingwood and Sugar Land, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KFC Global<\/strong> has named Amy Ellis Durini Global Chief Brand Officer, effective November 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Little Caesars<\/strong> plans to open four new restaurants across U.S. Navy installations as part of its nontraditional expansion strategy.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rosati’s Pizza<\/strong> plans to open 11 new locations over the next 90 days, marking a record year for store growth.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SoFresh<\/strong> has opened its 28th location in Nocatee, Florida, at the Marketplace at Nocatee shopping center.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0WOWorks<\/strong> has opened 23 restaurants so far in 2026 and has 15 additional locations in development, putting it on pace for nearly 40 openings this year.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Ace Hardware<\/strong> has opened its 100th new store of 2026 and remains on pace to open more than 170 new stores by year-end.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General<\/strong> will promote Kelly Collier to Executive Vice President and General Counsel effective December 7. Rhonda Taylor will retire from her current role December 6 and remain a senior advisor through at least April 2, 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kohl’s<\/strong> has named Ryan Waymire Chief Merchant, effective September 28, replacing Nick Jones.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kohl’s<\/strong> has promoted Arianne Parisi to the newly created Chief Customer Officer role. Chief Marketing Officer Christie Raymond will depart the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Macy’s<\/strong> has named Maya Dukes Senior Vice President and Executive Creative Director, effective August 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Kroger Co. has named Mark Ibbotson Executive Vice President and Chief Store Operations Officer, effective September 14. \u2022\u00a0Loblaw Companies Limited now expects to open approximately 75 new locations in 2026, up from about 70 planned earlier, and renovate more than 190 existing locations. \u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Market has named President and COO… 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-19337","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\/19337","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=19337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19345,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19337\/revisions\/19345"}],"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=19337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}