Supermarket, Grocery, C-Store

Free Trial• Meijer Inc. reported it will debut a grocery concept in early 2023, called Meijer Grocery, in southeast Michigan.

• Yesway announced it has acquired Tres Amigos Convenience Stores, which operates nine locations in Texas.

 

Retail

• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has named Laura Crossen, chief accounting officer, as Interim CFO taking over for Gustavo Arnal.

• Big Lots Stores Inc. has entered into a limited-time partnership with The Walt Disney Company to launch pop-up shops with an assortment of merchandise in its stores.

• Builders FirstSource Inc. announced it has acquired Trussway, a provider of roof and floor trusses.

• CVS Health announced it will acquire Signify Health, a healthcare provider.

• Five Below Inc. reported that it plans to open a record 200 new stores in 2023.

• Lowe’s Companies Inc. announced its Chief Marketing Officer, Marisa Thalberg, has left the company.

• Macy’s, Inc. announced that Pam Quintiliano will join the company as head of investor relations.

• The Palmer-Donavin Manufacturing Co. announced that Josh Miller has joined the company as Director of Business Analytics, Josh Thompson has assumed the role of VP of Product Management, and Stephanie Kuntz has joined the company as Director of Marketing.

• PPG Architectural Coatings announced that Rebecca Liebert, Exec VP, said she plans to leave the company.

• Target Corporation announced the retirement of Arthur Valdez, Exec VP and Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer. Gretchen McCarthy is taking over for him. The retailer also announced it is changing its policies to allow Brian Cornell to remain in the role of CEO for another three years.

• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. has completed its acquisition of CareCentrix, an independent home health care provider.

 

Restaurant

• Bojangles has hired Patricia Halpin as VP of Growth.

• California’s FAST Recovery Act has been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.

• Chicken Salad Chick is opening a new location in Fort Myers, TX.

• RWDT Foods will be closing their Denny’s locations due to a breach of contract lawsuit with the parent company.

• Scooter’s Coffee has hired Mitch Walden as Senior Director of Loyalty and Digital Marketing.

• Starbucks has named Laxman Narasimha as CEO. He will officially join the company on October 1st and work with interim CEO Howard Schultz until he takes over on April 1st 2023.

• Uber Eats has partnered with Nuro to start making autonomous deliveries in Texas and California.

• Velvet Taco has opened a new location in Houston, TX.

• Walk-On’s has opened a new location in Baytown, TX.