{"id":19424,"date":"2026-10-16T10:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=19424"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:17:45","slug":"in-other-business-news-269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2026\/10\/in-other-business-news-269\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022 Ahold Delhaize<\/strong> shareholders on Oct. 13 elected Thierry Garnier to the Management Board ahead of his 2027 succession of CEO Frans Muller, and added Ahold Delhaize USA CEO Claire Peters to the board.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Albertsons Cos.<\/strong> withdrew its fiscal 2026 guidance Oct. 13 and launched a full business review spanning its cost structure, operating model and banner portfolio.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Alimentation Couche-Tard<\/strong> agreed Oct. 9 to acquire 52 Irving Oil retail sites in Qu\u00e9bec and Ontario, along with 18 cardlock locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kroger<\/strong> plans to eliminate about 3,000 corporate positions over the next three years, CEO Greg Foran told employees Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Publix Super Markets<\/strong> promoted Laurie Douglas to EVP and Chief Information and Digital Officer and Mike Lester to SVP of Industrial Operations, both effective Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wegmans<\/strong> opened its first Charlotte, NC-area store, a 110,000-square-foot location in Ballantyne, on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Arby’s<\/strong> named former Papa Johns CMO Jenna Bromberg Chief Marketing Officer, effective Nov. 2.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Crisp & Green<\/strong> will acquire 33 MAD Greens and Snappy Salads restaurants and convert them to its banner, entering Phoenix and Austin.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gen Restaurant Group<\/strong> agreed to sell 47 Gen Korean BBQ restaurants to Chubby Cattle Group for $100 million in a deal set to close in phases over 12 months.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hawaiian Bros Island Grill<\/strong> signed a 52-unit development agreement with Southern Rock Restaurants to enter Florida.<\/p>\n

\u2022 MTY Food Group<\/strong> concluded its strategic review without a sale and plans to close about 75 corporate restaurants as it leans further into franchising.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Haynes Furniture<\/strong>, the 128-year-old Virginia Beach, VA-based furniture retailer, began going-out-of-business sales Oct. 8 at all 12 of its stores, including The Dump Luxe Furniture Outlets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Miniso<\/strong> opened its first Super Miniso outside China at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ross Stores<\/strong> opened 41 Ross Dress for Less and 10 dd’s DISCOUNTS stores across 17 states, wrapping up its 115-store 2026 opening plan.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart<\/strong> opened a 900,000-square-foot next-generation fulfillment center in Stockton, CA, on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Ahold Delhaize shareholders on Oct. 13 elected Thierry Garnier to the Management Board ahead of his 2027 succession of CEO Frans Muller, and added Ahold Delhaize USA CEO Claire Peters to the board. \u2022 Albertsons Cos. withdrew its fiscal 2026 guidance Oct. 13 and launched a full business review spanning… 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-19424","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\/19424","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=19424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19425,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19424\/revisions\/19425"}],"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=19424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}