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Academy Sports Getting High-Income Consumers, Taking Share in Grills

Many of the trends that Academy Sports + Outdoors has been seeing and predicting have continued in their most recent quarter. That means that...

Grilla Grills to Expand its Ecosystem, Online Sales Shift to Omnichannel

American Outdoor Brands (AOB), the parent company of Grilla Grills, reported their quarter ended October 31st this week. There were some tidbits about Grilla...

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Grilla Grills to Expand its Ecosystem, Online Sales Shift to Omnichannel

American Outdoor Brands (AOB), the parent company of Grilla Grills, reported their quarter ended October 31st this week. There were some tidbits about Grilla...

Traeger Adds the Pro+ Model to the Woodridge Pellet Grill Line-Up

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Current Model P Electric Pizza Oven Can Now Do Even More

Current, an innovative brand focused on electric grills and pizza ovens, released the Model P pizza oven early this year. I’ve reviewed it and...

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Aubuchon Buys More Ace Stores, and Two Ace Franchisees Expand

The hardware industry is consolidating and one of the leading acquirers is Aubuchon. They've been busy expanding their operations in recent years with stores...

Middleby Sells Grill Businesses to a Private Equity Firm

The rumor turned out to be true. Middleby is selling their Residential business unit including all their grill brands (Middleby Outdoor) to the investment...

Academy Opens 5 New Stores, HFG Acquires 8 Ace Stores in Indiana

There were a couple of notable recent updates in the retail outdoor cooking space. There was more industry consolidation in hardware, and Academy Sports...

Outdoor Brands, LLC Sells Surelock, a Company they Acquired with Pit Boss

W.C. Bradley Co., the parent company of Outdoor Brands, LLC (Charbroil and Oklahoma Joe's) acquired Dansons in the summer of 2023. The Dansons portfolio...

After Rumors, Middleby Confirms Possible Separation of Grills Business

Middleby had a much aniticipated earnings call today. There was eagerness about it not just because of the usual finiancial highlights. It was also...

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