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  • Big name convenience store brand closing all stores
    (thestreet.com - 12/14/2025)
    • The company has decided to eliminate the CEFCO name and rebrand those stores under the Casey’s General Store name ...  (full story)

  • BURGER BYE Fast food chain ‘better than McDonald’s & In-N-Out’ to shutdown 4 diners for good in 24 h
    (the-sun.com - 12/14/2025)
    • Whataburger, a burger chain started in Texas, will shut four of its 24 Middle Tennessee locations ...   (full story)

  • 46-year-old bankrupt Italian chain closes most restaurants
    (finance.yahoo.com - 12/13/2025)
    • The chain has closed nearly 90% of its locations. It now has nine locations in Massachusetts, as well as one each in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia ...   (full story)

  • Popular fast-casual chain planning 3 new restaurants in St. Johns
    (jacksonville.com - 12/13/2025)
    • Chipotle’s planned rapid expansion into St. Johns County follows years of growth in Jacksonville ...   (full story)

  • Costco Plans More Than 30 New Warehouses a Year as Digital Tools Boost Efficiency
    (finance.yahoo.com - 12/12/2025)
    • Costco is accelerating its growth plans, telling investors it expects to open more than 30 warehouses a year as part of its long-term expansion strategy ...  (full story)

  • Batteries Plus Expands Into All 50 States, Wraps 2025 with 63 New Units
    (streetinsider.com - 12/12/2025)
    • The nation's leading battery and power solutions service center signed 24 franchise deals totaling 63 new units this year, while expanding into new territories across 13 states and 30 new opened stores while officially reaching a major milestone: a presence in all 50 U.S. states ...  (full story)

  • Sam's Club opening new stores in 2026. Where Tennessee will get one
    (tennessean.com - 12/12/2025)
    • The new Tennessee store is part of a larger expansion that includes new locations in California and Texas ...   (full story)

  • The Fresh Market adds stores in Illinois and Kentucky
    (grocerydive.com - 12/12/2025)
    • The new stores cap a year of growth for the specialty grocer, which opened seven locations and a liquor store in 2025 ...   (full story)

  • Walmart to open 4 new Florida locations in early 2026, here's where
    (ocala.com - 12/12/2025)
    • Walmart plans to open several new stores in Florida in early 2026, including locations in Apollo Beach, Jacksonville and the Villages ...   (full story)

  • Major convenience store chain closing 500 stores amid market shift
    (thestreet.com - 12/12/2025)
    • Plans to open 1,300 new stores in North America by 2030 ...  (full story)

  • ALDI Is Opening 22 New US Stores This December — Check if Your State Is Included
    (greenmatters.com - 12/11/2025)
    • As part of an expansion plan, also intended for customer satisfaction, it has announced the opening of 22 new stores in the U.S. in December 2025 ...  (full story)

  • Eggs Up Grill Now Open in Lake Charles, Marking the Brand’s Debut in Louisiana
    (franchising.com - 12/11/2025)
    • Eggs Up Grill has arrived in Louisiana ...  (full story)

  • Apparel retailers Destination XL and FullBeauty agree to merger of equals
    (reuters.com - 12/11/2025)
    • Retailers Destination XL Group and FullBeauty Brands agreed to merge, creating a bigger player in the size-inclusive apparel market ...  (full story)

  • Freedom Oil Sells 27 Locations
    (convenience.org - 12/10/2025)
    • Freedom Oil Company, which operated Freedom Oil Company convenience stores in both Central Illinois and Florida for 80 years, has sold the c-store chain ...  (full story)

  • Edo Japanese Grill Advances U.S. Expansion with Scottsdale Fashion Square Opening
    (restaurantnews.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Scottsdale Fashion Square marks the second of three Edo Arizona leases negotiated this year ...  (full story)

  • 23 Store Leases Available from American Signature, Inc. Properties
    (hfbusiness.com - 12/10/2025)
    • A&G Real Estate Partners is now entertaining offers for 23 store leases on behalf of American Signature, Inc. The bid deadline is Friday, December 19, 2025 ...  (full story)

  • Buc-ee’s sets sights on 17 new locations over the next few years
    (cdllife.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Buc-ee’s has plans for 17 new locations across the United States over the next few years – at least one of them with “bus bays” ...   (full story)

  • Tim Hortons U.S. Ready to Unlock the Future After Breakthrough Year
    (qsrmagazine.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Tim Hortons has expansion designs for Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, and North Carolina ...  (full story)

  • Zaxbys opens first New Jersey restaurant in Magnolia
    (njbiz.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Georgia-based southern fried chicken chain Zaxbys is making its New Jersey debut, the restaurant marks the first of six units under development locally ...   (full story)

  • Popular clothing brand opening 2 new Alabama stores
    (yahoo.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Free People currently has one Alabama store in Birmingham at The Summit. There are no stand-alone FP Movement stores in the state ...  (full story)

  • Repurposed "Warm Boxes" Are Fueling New Store Growth For Ollie's Bargain Outlet
    (jasonmiller15.substack.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Discount retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet opened 85 new stores in 2025 and is targeting 75 new store additions in 2026 ...   (full story)

  • QDOBA Expands Eastern U.S. Footprint with Leading Franchisees
    (prnewswire.com - 12/10/2025)
    • Multi-unit operators plan nearly 90 new restaurants across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as QDOBA builds momentum in Mexican fast-casual ...   (full story)

  • How Zaxbys is surpassing growth expectations
    (nrn.com - 12/9/2025)
    • The chain expects to end this year with about 50 new restaurants open, and an additional 60 or more to open in 2026 ...  (full story)

  • The Nation’s Biggest Premium Pet Grooming Brand, Woof Gang, Opens New Stores in Boston and Fargo
    (citybiz.co - 12/9/2025)
    • Opens first franchised stores in Boston, MA and Fargo, ND as part of broader growth strategy to scale to more than 450 locations in North America by 2027 ...   (full story)

  • Captain D's debuts in NYC as part of Northeast expansion
    (chainstoreage.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Captain D’s has made its debut in New York City. Three additional locations are currently in development for the New York City area and five locations in the Baltimore metro area ...  (full story)

  • AutoZone opens 53 new stores while navigating inflation and tariff cost increases
    (foxbusiness.com - 12/9/2025)
    • The company opened 39 new stores in the U.SA and planning to continue to expand its portfolio of brick and mortar locations as the auto industry faces higher prices ...   (full story)

  • Winn-Dixie leaving Alabama in early 2026, has yet to find buyers at 6 locations
    (thebamabuzz.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Six Winn-Dixie stores in Birmingham, Opelika, Tuscaloosa, Millbrook and Fairhope have not found buyers and will close in early 2026 ...   (full story)

  • Bobby’s Burgers by Bobby Flay Set for Pacific Northwest Expansion
    (restaurantnews.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Bobby’s Burgers by Bobby Flay continues its national expansion with the announcement of its first Washington location ...  (full story)

  • L.L.Bean details store expansion for 2026 — here’s where
    (chainstoreage.com - 12/9/2025)
    • The outdoor apparel and gear retailer plans to open eight stores in 2026, including its first-ever locations in Alabama and Tennessee; also plans to further accelerate its expansion in 2027 with an additional eight to 10 outposts ...  (full story)

  • Big Expansion Plans at Another New Car Toys
    (ceoutlook.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Under the name CTX, 12 of the original Car Toys stores in Texas were purchased by two former Car Toys managers who have major plans to keep expanding ...   (full story)

  • Pieology Pizza files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
    (restaurantbusinessonline.com - 12/9/2025)
    • The fast-casual pizza chain founded in 2011 was once one of the promising franchise brands in the niche, before the pandemic ...   (full story)

  • Advance Auto Parts puts 83 properties on the market
    (chainstoreage.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Advance Auto Parts — which operates more than 4,000 centers in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — is parting with 83 of them ...   (full story)

  • Playa Bowls Accelerates Domestic Growth with Record Development Momentum in 2025
    (prnewswire.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Leading superfruit bowl brand adds new multi-unit agreements, enters key U.S. markets, and celebrates a year of industry recognition ...   (full story)

  • KFC’s ‘Staggering’ Global Growth Continues to Set the Pace
    (qsrmagazine.com - 12/9/2025)
    • KFC is on track to add nearly 3,000 new restaurants in fiscal 2025 on a gross basis (760 arrived last period), which would set a record for the 1952-founded brand ...  (full story)

  • Popular women’s fashion brand closes dozens of stores nationwide
    (thestreet.com - 12/9/2025)
    • Victoria’s Secret has quietly been closing stores, shuttering 30 U.S. locations since the beginning of 2025; more closures are expected, as the company anticipates reducing its North American store square footage by around 2% this year ...  (full story)

  • GROWTH GAINS Off-price retailer snaps up 63 Big Lots stores and reveals ‘record’ 75 new ...
    (the-sun.com - 12/9/2025)
    • The off-price retailer’s expansion efforts will continue into 2026, targeting 75 new store openings next year ...  (full story)

  • Only 7 TGI Fridays remain in Georgia as chain downsizes. Here's where
    (savannahnow.com - 12/8/2025)
    • While the fun American restaurant chain used to be all over the nation, the chain has been shrinking more and more over the years ...  (full story)

  • Kroger supermarket chain to open 3 new stores in Dallas area
    (aol.com - 12/8/2025)
    • The Kroger Co. plans to open three new Kroger Marketplace format stores in North Texas. They're revealing two of the three locations with the third to be divulged at a later date ...  (full story)

  • Naf Naf Grill Opens December 15 at Love's Travel Stop in Mathews, Missouri
    (prnewswire.com - 12/8/2025)
    • This location marks Naf Naf Grill's seventh restaurant in partnership with Love's Travel Stops ...  (full story)

  • Colorado sandwich chain Snarf's makes Dallas debut with 5 locations
    (dallas.culturemap.com - 12/8/2025)
    • It's the first of five locations that will open across Dallas in the coming months ...  (full story)

  • Aldi delays some Florida openings, 8 coming Thursday. Here's where
    (newschief.com - 12/8/2025)
    • Grocery chain Aldi is still planning to launch more than a dozen new Florida stores in the rest of December ...  (full story)

  • 79-year-old appliance, mattress chain shuts down, no bankruptcy
    (thestreet.com - 12/8/2025)
    • A week after Black Friday sales, the nearly 80-year-old Howard’s Appliance chain is shuttering all of its Southern California stores ...  (full story)

  • Little General Stores Acquires Five C-Stores
    (convenience.org - 12/8/2025)
    • West Virginia-based Little General Stores has acquired five U-SAVE convenience store locations in Nicholas County, West Virginia ...  (full story)

  • ADDED CONVENIENCE 40-year-old convenience store with a cult following to open 3 more locations ...
    (the-sun.com - 12/8/2025)
    • Buc-ee’s has announced its 2026 plans, with 14 spots on its contact page with tentative opening dates in 2027, 2028 and 2031 ...  (full story)

  • Chicken Salad Chick Expands Florida Footprint with Three New Franchise Agreements
    (prnewswire.com - 12/8/2025)
    • The brand has signed three new franchise agreements in the state, highlighting its strong growth in one of the country's most dynamic markets ...  (full story)

  • A Historic Move: Moran Family of Brands Goes Global with Acquisition of Mister Transmission
    (prnewswire.com - 12/8/2025)
    • Top automotive services franchisor announces milestone deal; creates unified North American leader in automotive service and repair ...   (full story)

  • Big Y Growing in Massachusetts
    (progressivegrocer.com - 12/8/2025)
    • New England grocer reveals plans for 4 new stores in its home state ...   (full story)

  • Wichita Will Get ‘Extra with Every Bite’ as Newk’s Eatery Launches First Kansas Location
    (restaurantnews.com - 12/8/2025)
    • Newk’s Eatery debuts its first Sunflower State location on Dec. 10 ...  (full story)

  • Why More Collision Centers In Repurposed Strip Malls May Be On The Way
    (jasonmiller15.substack.com - 12/7/2025)
    • A Caliber Collision center just opened in an adaptive reuse of a Big Lots store and shop space in a Tucson, AZ strip mall; it is not Caliber's first repurpose of a retail property nor likely its last ...   (full story)

  • Save A Lot Opens 3 Ohio Stores in a Single Day
    (progressivegrocer.com - 12/5/2025)
    • Save A Lot has had a busy month in Ohio. The discount grocer celebrated the opening of three locations on Nov. 19 ...  (full story)




     

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