Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store

Free Trial• Associated Food Stores recently opened new store locations in American Falls, ID, and Midway, UT.

• Loblaw Companies Limited is partnering with DoorDash for on-demand grocery delivery from its T&T Supermarket locations across Canada.

• Weis Markets Inc. will open a new supermarket in Lake Linganore, MD. The location is the first new construction project for the company since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

 

Retail

• Dollar Tree Stores Inc. has acquired 170 leases from 99 Cents Only Stores for locations across Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.

• The Home Depot Inc. is partnering with Instacart to offer same-day delivery from its stores.

• Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. announced James Roth has been appointed Chief Stores Officer. Tim Buckenberger has been named Senior VP, Merchandise Planning, Inventory and Supply Chain. Stephen Reyes has been named Senior VP Services. The retailer also reported its COO, Justin Tichy, will leave the company, and the role will be eliminated. Amy College, Chief Merchandising and Supply Chain Officer will leave the company In August. Shari White has been appointed Interim Chief Merchant.

• Ralph Lauren Corporation reported that Justin Picicci has been named as its new CFO. Jane Nielsen will remain as the company’s COO.

• The TJX Companies Inc. will open its 100th Sierra Trading Post location on May 31. The new store will be in Sheboygan, WI.

• US Foods Holding Corp. has appointed David Tehle as Chairman.

• VF Corporation has appointed Paul Vogel as CFO, effective July 8. He will succeed Matt Puckett who will be stepping down.

 

Restaurant

• Amazon has expanded their partnership with Grubhub and customers can now order food directly from Amazon’s website and app.

• Blaze Pizza is revamping their entire menu offering new topping and completely replacing their signature pizza lineup with five new options.

• Farmer Boys has named Noah Chillingworth as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Jack in the Box is launching a new value menu that will feature items under $4. They are the latest fast-food brand to launch nationwide value deals for the summer.

• KFC has named Heather McCoy as Chief People Officer and Ryan Koon as Chief Development Officer.

• McDonald’s CosMc’s spinoff brand has launched a loyalty program that differs from McDonald’s main program.

• Portillo’s has announced that COO Derrick Pratt will be leaving the company at the end of June.

• Smashburger has named Thomas Prather as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Smalls Sliders has signed a four-unit agreement to open their first locations in Arkansas later this year.

• Taco Bell is rolling out their oversized Cheez-It menu items nationwide this June.