Boston — Toast, the all-in-one digital technology platform built for restaurants, has acquired Sling, a leading employee scheduling, communication and management solution. Through features including scheduling templates, in-app messaging and multi-location team management, Sling helps restaurants staff more efficiently and better manage labor costs. The addition of Sling adds to Toast’s growing suite of Toast Payroll & Team Management products, including Toast Payroll, Toast Tips Manager and Toast Pay Card & PayOut. Through its Team Management Suite, Toast can empower restaurants to simplify scheduling and communication across their team, control …
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San Francisco — Gap Inc.’s president and chief executive officer, Sonia Syngal, will step down from her position and from the company’s board, departing the company following a brief transition. In other executive leadership news, Horacio (“Haio”) Barbeito will serve as president and CEO of Old Navy. Effective immediately, Bob Martin, the company’s current executive chairman of the board, will serve as Gap Inc. president and CEO on an interim basis. Mayo Shattuck will continue to serve as lead independent director. “Leading this great company since 2020, through unprecedented challenges …
Washington, D.C. — Cracked Eggery’s newest location in Washington D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood is now open. Designed by local architecture and design firm //3877, the 1,609-square-foot space marks the second flagship location for the Cracked Eggery brand, beloved for its iconic food truck and Cleveland Park location. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Cracked Eggery features a curved ordering counter, offset by the floating, partial-height wall. A bar stool area and banquette seating sit below high ceilings scaled by shelves with pops of greenery. The retro, marquee-style lit signage …
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Just 6 months after announcing its goal to reduce 50% of its absolute carbon emissions by 2025 — and 4 months after entering into a solar energy project — Midwestern retailer Meijer is involved with a wind energy center that contributes to its renewable energy portfolio and marks significant strides in meeting its carbon reduction goal. The retailer signed a renewable product purchase agreement (RPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, of which Meijer will purchase the majority of energy generated by the project. …
Naples, Fla. — Beyond Juicery + Eatery is expanding beyond its Midwest roots, inking a multi-unit agreement to develop two locations in Southeast Florida. Wall Street veteran and business leader Steve LaFontaine will open the brand’s first Florida location in Naples. “Through decades of experience, I’m very familiar with the operational and brand support needed to make a business successful — and it was clear from the start Beyond Juicery + Eatery had that and more,” says LaFontaine. “Behind every growing brand is a passionate founder. Mijo was one that …
Louisville, Ky. — Skilken Gold has broken ground on Terra Crossing, a shopping center located on 10 acres at 2500 Terra Crossing Blvd. in Louisville. The grocery anchor, a 55,071-square-foot Publix, represents the first Publix location in Kentucky, the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer’s eighth state of operation. The adjacent 3,200-square-foot Publix Liquors store at Terra Crossing is also the first location outside the state of Florida. Publix plans to open a second Publix grocery store and Publix Liquors store in Louisville in early 2024 at the northeast corner of Ballardsville and Brownsboro …
Spokane, Wash. — Wenspok Companies is a Wendy’s franchisee based in Spokane, Wash., encompassing 67 restaurants in the United States. All 67 locations are leveraging Squadle’s digital operations and food safety software, and five locations recently piloted Squadle’s Remote Temperature Monitoring (RTM) system. With so many locations, equipment breakdowns are a constant headache. Wenspok chose Squadle RTM to improve equipment health awareness, ensure 100% compliance on food safety and prevent waste. After seeing beneficial results across five locations, Wenspok quickly rolled out RTM in its remaining 62 locations to achieve …
New York City — The Allure Store, an immersive retail experience from the global beauty authority Allure, has entered into a collaboration with the nation’s largest beauty retailer, Ulta Beauty. For a limited time, the interactive Ulta Beauty pop-up will offer Allure Store guests a monthly curated assortment reflecting newness as well as highlighting the retailers’ strategic initiatives. “One year after the Allure Store debut, we’re thrilled to announce our first retail partnership with such a beloved leader, Ulta Beauty,” says Sonny Gindi, co-founder of STOUR, a retail media company, …
Wilmington, N.C. — Clean Eatz, one of the nation’s leading wellness concepts in the QSR space, is on pace to achieve a rate of expansion in 2022 that will surpass any year prior for the restaurant franchise. The guiding metric for the brand’s success leading into 2023 is to establish 100 active locations by year-end. The franchise has signed 15 new agreements over the course of the past several months, bringing the total in development to over 80 headed into the third quarter. In addition, the brand has seen five …
San Francisco — IT’SUGAR has opened a new 10,600-square-foot pop-up candy store in Union Square, bringing a sweet welcome to visitors in downtown San Francisco’s mecca of shopping. The new experiential candy store takes over space vacated by Forever 21, the clothing brand, and is filled with thousands of varieties of over-the-top chocolates, candy and humorous products, plus Instagram-worthy in-store displays and immersive candy experiences. “We are excited to expand our presence in the vibrant city of San Francisco with our third IT’SUGAR location,” says Jeff Rubin, CEO and founder …