{"id":19400,"date":"2026-10-02T13:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19400"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:25:28","slug":"in-other-business-news-267","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/10\/in-other-business-news-267\/","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 Cody Perdue Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods, Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Bryan St. Clair Vice President of Information Technology.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Circle K<\/strong> will open its first multi-brand travel center in Binghamton, New York, this fall, with a second Watertown location expected in January 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee will<\/strong> retire its Dollar Fresh Market banner and rebrand the remaining 18 locations as Hy-Vee stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lidl US<\/strong> will open a new store in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood on Oct. 7, its fourth New York metro-area opening in six weeks.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Meijer<\/strong> has opened a 75,000-square-foot Meijer Grocery store in Fishers, Indiana, and a 159,000-square-foot supercenter in Plymouth Township, Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sheetz<\/strong> plans to open its first Indiana store in Indianapolis in late summer 2027, the first of 100 planned locations in the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sprouts Farmers Market<\/strong> will open new stores in San Diego, California, and Limerick, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart<\/strong> has opened a new Neighborhood Market in Crestview, Florida, its seventh Neighborhood Market in the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Weis Markets<\/strong> has promoted Tom Domaracki to Director of Private Brands, Rob Dacko to Director of Deli and Prepared Foods, and John Cooper to Director of Strategic Initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Winn-Dixie<\/strong> has named Shawn Sloan Chief of Store Operations. He most recently served as Vice President of Fresh Merchandising.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Bubbakoo’s Burritos<\/strong> opened a new restaurant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0CAVA<\/strong> has named John Ludeke Chief Marketing Officer, effective Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0El Pollo Loco<\/strong> has signed three development agreements for 15 New York-area restaurants over the next five years, with its first Queens location targeted for mid-2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Mokas Coffee & Eatery<\/strong> opened its first franchise-owned location in Olathe, Kansas, on Sept. 30, with five additional Kansas City-area locations planned.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nick<\/strong> the Greek<\/strong> has opened a new restaurant in Santa Clarita, California, with another regional location planned.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Ono Hawaiian BBQ<\/strong> will open its second Texas restaurant in McKinney on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Original ChopShop<\/strong> has promoted Kyle Frederick to Chief Executive Officer. Jason Morgan has moved to an advisory role.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Potbelly<\/strong> opened its first Tulsa, Oklahoma, shop on Sept. 29, its third location in the state.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rock N Roll Sushi<\/strong> has named Rick Gestring Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Craig LeMieux.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smalls Sliders<\/strong> opened a new restaurant in Middleton, Florida, on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0TGI Fridays<\/strong> has signed its first U.S. development agreement in more than a decade, with five new restaurants planned across New York State.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Human Bean<\/strong> opened a new drive-thru location in Mokena, Illinois, on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0Builders FirstSource<\/strong> has opened a new 185,000-square-foot facility in Bennett, Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Central Garden & Pet Company<\/strong> has transitioned leadership of its Garden segment to Jason Barnes, Executive Vice President of Garden Consumer Products, following J.D. Walker’s retirement as President of Garden Consumer Products.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lowe’s<\/strong> will open a new store in Walton, Kentucky, next month, its first new Kentucky location since 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sherwin-Williams<\/strong> has opened its expanded architectural paint and coatings manufacturing facility in Statesville, North Carolina, now its largest plant in North America.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0STIHL Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Sean McGinnis President, effective Oct. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons Companies, Inc. has named Cody Perdue Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective Oct. 1. \u2022\u00a0Big Y Foods, Inc. has appointed Bryan St. Clair Vice President of Information Technology. \u2022\u00a0Circle K will open its first multi-brand travel center in Binghamton, New York, this fall, with a second Watertown location expected in January… 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-19400","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\/19400","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=19400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19402,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19400\/revisions\/19402"}],"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=19400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}