{"id":19387,"date":"2026-09-25T15:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19387"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:04:06","slug":"in-other-business-news-266","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/09\/in-other-business-news-266\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Albertsons Companies<\/strong>, Inc<\/strong>. has named Ken Rinaldi Regional Operating President of its newly formed East Region.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club<\/strong> will open its second Alabama club in Foley on Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Happier Grocery<\/strong> plans to open its second location on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in the second half of 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Parker’s Kitchen<\/strong> will enter Florida with its first store in Yulee in late October.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0PCC Community Markets<\/strong> will open its 17th store in Seattle’s Madison Valley neighborhood on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Redner’s Markets Inc<\/strong>. has promoted Bob Vitabile to Vice President of Maintenance and Construction.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Stater Bros<\/strong>. Markets<\/strong> has promoted Kelvin Austin to Vice President of Store Operations and Mani Subramanian to Vice President of Information Technology Applications, effective Sept. 28.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart<\/strong> opened a new 45,000-square-foot Neighborhood Market in Mesquite, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Weis Markets<\/strong> has promoted James Godfrey to Vice President of Operational Efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Yesway Inc<\/strong>. will enter Arizona with its first Allsup’s convenience store in Willcox on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Angry Chickz<\/strong> will open its first Sacramento, California restaurant on Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii<\/strong> has named Tom Wylie President after he previously served as Chief Operating Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bubbakoo’s Burritos<\/strong> opened its first Massachusetts location in Brockton.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CAVA<\/strong> opened its 500th restaurant in Minneapolis, marking its entry into Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Chicken Salad Chick<\/strong> will open a new Sarasota, Florida restaurant on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dave’s Hot Chicken<\/strong> opened a new restaurant in Mohegan Lake, New York, operated by franchisee Rackson Restaurants.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hawaiian Bros Island Grill<\/strong> will open a new restaurant in Noblesville, Indiana, on Sept. 28.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mendocino Farms<\/strong> opened its third Austin, Texas location on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Noodles & Company<\/strong> opened its first New Mexico restaurant in Las Cruces.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pizza Guys<\/strong> has signed a lease for its second Texas restaurant in Fort Worth, expected to open in early 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smokey Mo’s BBQ<\/strong> has named Von Dawson Vice President of Franchise Development.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Trill Burgers<\/strong> will open its fourth Houston-area restaurant on Westheimer Road on Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0White Castle<\/strong> opened a new restaurant in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0WKS Restaurant Group<\/strong> has promoted Jay Spongberg to President and Chief Operating Officer. Roland Spongberg remains Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Rural King<\/strong> opened its first New York store in Elmira, expanding the retailer to 18 states.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Supergoop!<\/strong> has appointed Jamie Parker as its first Chief Commercial Officer, effective Sept. 28.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tractor Supply Company<\/strong> opened its 11th distribution center in Nampa, Idaho, a $200 million expansion supporting growth in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons Companies, Inc. has named Ken Rinaldi Regional Operating President of its newly formed East Region. \u2022\u00a0BJ’s Wholesale Club will open its second Alabama club in Foley on Sept. 25. \u2022\u00a0Happier Grocery plans to open its second location on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in the second half of 2027. \u2022\u00a0Parker’s Kitchen… 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-19387","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\/19387","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=19387"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19391,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19387\/revisions\/19391"}],"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=19387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}