• Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. (123) has promoted Jenny Love Meyer to Exec VP and Chief Culture Officer, a newly created role.
• Dean Foods Company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to sell the company.
• Parkland Fuel Corporation has entered into an agreement through its U.S. subsidiary Parkland USA to acquire Ken Bettridge Distributing Inc.
• Smoker Friendly International LLC has acquired Smoker’s Outlet, a 33-store chain operating in Missouri.
• Aldi Inc. has recently added alcohol to its national grocery delivery partnership with Instacart.
• Kum & Go LLC will open an urban convenience store without gasoline in downtown Des Moines, IA. The 3,000 sq. ft. store is scheduled to open in spring 2020 and is a new concept for the retailer.
• Buc-ee’s Ltd. announced it will open its first Georgia location in 2021.
• Under a partnership with Takeoff Technologies, Loblaw Companies Limited plans to pilot an automated warehouse inside a Toronto store to fulfill online grocery orders for its PC Express pickup service.
March 13, 2020
Personnel Updates • SpartanNash Company (138) has named Tom Swanson as Exec VP and General Manager of Corporate Retail. https://www.chainstoreguide.com.
March 5, 2020
Personnel Updates • The Fresh Market Inc. (119) announced that it has appointed Jason Potter as CEO. He succeeds Larry Appel,https://www.chainstoreguide.com.
February 27, 2020
Personnel Updates • Casey’s General Stores Inc. (103) announced Brad Haga has joined the company as VP of Merchandising. The companyhttps://www.chainstoreguide.com.
