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Closed

German fashion brand Closed, recently repositioned as a global contemporary label, has just opened its first store in the United States. The brand has landed at Platform—one of the most creative restaurant and boutique shopping centers in Los Angeles.

Academy Sports

Academy Sports + Outdoors will open eight or more new stores this year as part of a plan to grow by as many as 100 new locations by 2027 after pausing expansion for two years because of the pandemic. The sporting goods retailer has 260 stores and expansion plans call for both entering new markets and growing its presence in the 16 states where it already operates.

Restaurant

Bella Dea

Bella Dea is opening as a sustainable seafood restaurant in New York City to take the cuisine Brian Bornemann and Leena Culhane offer at Crudo e Nudo in Santa Monica, California to the East Coast. The new restaurant will share space with Breakfast by Salt’s Cure, another California restaurant seeking to add a presence in New York, and will feature menu items like steamed mussels and croquettes.

Dave & Buster’s

Dave & Buster’s plans to open eight new locations this year, and it’s focused on promoting the restaurants as an alternative to hotel meeting rooms for corporate events. It also has opened a Game & Go MicroMarket inside of its Hollywood, Florida location that features checkout-free technology from Zippin designed to speed guest interactions and reduce labor needs.

Wahlburgers

Wahlburgers is using proprietary artificial intelligence technology developed by Raydiant to offer customers personalized ordering experiences. Ordering kiosks are outfitted with cameras designed to determine data about the customer including age, gender and mood, and recommend suitable menu items.

Popeyes/Tim Hortons

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the division of Restaurant Brands International Inc., has entered into agreement with its Tim Hortons developer, Cartesian Capital Group LLC, for the chicken-focused brand in China.

Neat Burger

UK-based Neat Food opened a pop-up location of its Neat Burger concept in New York City recently, with plans to expand the plantbased burger brand in the US with three permanent locations scheduled this year.

Dirty French

Chef Mario Carbone and Major Food Group are bringing a location of the Dirty French restaurant they debuted in New York City to Miami with the opening of Dirty French Steakhouse, which features extravagant cuts of meat including tomahawk steaks from Snake River Farms and prime cuts from butcher Pat LaFrieda.

OEB Breakfast Co.

Canada’s OEB Breakfast Co. is mapping a US expansion plan. The casual-dining chain with 12 units in Canada and one in Arizona recently opened its first California location in Newport Beach with the help of Newport Breakfast Concepts LLC. There are plans for more units.

Rock N’ Roll Sushi

Alabama-based Rock N’ Roll Sushi is moving west, with a 25-store franchise deal in Colorado and other units planned for Las Vegas and Phoenix. The concept has found success with its ethos of making sushi accessible to a wider range of diners.

GROCERY XMarket

PlantX Life Inc. recently opened its XMarket Uptown in Chicago. The plant-based retail location is the company’s second store in the United States and sixth store globally.

BJ’s Wholesale Club

BJ’s Wholesale Club’s continued expansion of new locations this year will include its inaugural club in the state of Tennessee by the first half of 2023. The Volunteer State’s first BJ’s Wholesale Club was located 20 miles southeast of downtown Nashville in La Vergne, a city in Rutherford County.

Sprouts Farmers Markets

Nine of the 16 locations Sprouts Farmers Markets opened last year were smaller-format stores, and the retailer has plans to close 11 of its larger, traditional stores this year while opening 30 new locations. The grocer also plans to expand its private-label offerings this year, following $1 billion in sales of its own-brand products in 2022.

Aldi

Aldi will open four new stores and one relocation nationwide this week, furthering its aggressive expansion plans. And in Texas, Aldi said it is seeing growth in first-time shoppers who come in seeking value-priced groceries. The new stores, which will open their doors on Thursday, will be in Franklin, North Carolina; Rock Hill, Missouri; Northampton, Massachusetts; and Clio, Michigan.

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