{"id":19414,"date":"2026-10-09T13:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19414"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:43:15","slug":"in-other-business-news-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/10\/in-other-business-news-268\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Free<\/a>\u2022 Ahold Delhaize USA<\/strong> Chief Commercial and Digital Officer Keith Nicks departed Oct. 7 after 36 years with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Albertsons Companies<\/strong> Brian Monahan departed as Senior Vice President of Albertsons Media Collective. The division now reports to Chief Marketing Officer Emily Turner.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Good Food Holding<\/strong>s named Adam Caldecott President and CEO on Oct. 5, succeeding Neil Stern, who remains an advisor and board member.<\/p>\n

\u2022 RaceTrac<\/strong> named Jill Pemberton Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Karla Ahlert, who became the company’s first Chief Administrative Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shipt<\/strong> named Raj Kapoor its next CEO, effective Oct. 18. He succeeds Kamau Witherspoon.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Food Lion<\/strong> opened a supermarket in Charlotte, NC, at Mintworth Commons on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 MOM’s Organic Market<\/strong> will open its first Chicago-area store in Mount Prospect, IL, on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Publix Super Markets<\/strong> opened its 10th Kentucky supermarket in Florence on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Redner’s Markets<\/strong> opened its first Wilmington, DE, supermarket on Oct. 8, debuting its Fresh Market 2.0 format.<\/p>\n

\u2022 T&T Supermarket<\/strong> will open its first San Francisco store on Nov. 5, featuring its first U.S. T&T Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Whole Foods Market<\/strong> will open its 40th Florida store in Bradenton on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Winn-Dixie<\/strong> opened a newly converted former Hitchcock’s Markets supermarket in Alachua, FL.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 CKE Restaurants<\/strong> appointed Alisa Gmelich President of Hardee’s on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hangry Joe’s<\/strong> named Brandon Wilhelm CEO, effective immediately. He previously served as Acting Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Portillo’s<\/strong> announced Chief People Officer Jill Waite will depart Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sweetgreen<\/strong> named Lauren Crowley Chief People Officer, effective Oct. 26.<\/p>\n

\u2022 True Food Kitchen<\/strong> closed 12 of its 46 restaurants while filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 4; 34 remained open.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dunn Brothers Coffee<\/strong> signed a development agreement for new shops in Davenport and Clinton, IA, and East Moline, IL, with the first expected in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue<\/strong> signed a five-unit development agreement to enter Alberta, Canada, with its first Edmonton restaurant planned for 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tiki Taco<\/strong> announced its seventh Kansas City-area restaurant for the Crossroads Arts District, scheduled to open the week of Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Lululemon<\/strong> named Maggie Gauger Chief Product Officer and Joseph Godsey Chief Operating Officer, both effective Oct. 26.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Neighborhood Intelligence<\/strong> announced CFO Brian LaRose resigned effective Oct. 5 and appointed Paul Kosturos Interim Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Arc’teryx<\/strong> opened a new climbing-focused concept store in Venice, CA, on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CVS Pharmacy<\/strong> opened its first Boston-area pharmacy-focused location at 32 Warren Street in Roxbury on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart<\/strong> announced plans for an oversized-goods fulfillment center in Turtlecreek Township, OH, representing a $300 million investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Ahold Delhaize USA Chief Commercial and Digital Officer Keith Nicks departed Oct. 7 after 36 years with the company. \u2022 Albertsons Companies Brian Monahan departed as Senior Vice President of Albertsons Media Collective. The division now reports to Chief Marketing Officer Emily Turner. \u2022 Good Food Holdings named Adam Caldecott… 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-19414","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\/19414","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=19414"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19416,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19414\/revisions\/19416"}],"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=19414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}