AMC Entertainment will debut its new retail popcorn line at hundreds of Walmart locations on March 11 – Academy Awards weekend, the company announced this morning. CEO Adam Aron’s latest push to diversify the giant movie chain, from a gold mine to an AMC-branded credit card, will include three flavors of both microwave and ready-to-eat
APEs
Adam Aron said today he’s asked the theater chain’s board of directors to freeze his compensation for 2023 given the decline in AMC stock. “Biggest inflation in 40 years, so in 2023 companies will grant large % salary raises. But I do not want “more” when our shareholders are hurting. So, I recommended to the
AMC has picked up another location, announcing today the acquisition of a the former ArcLight theater located at The Hub on Causeway, a large-scale mixed-use development at North Station in Boston. The 13-screen cinema is new — it opened in December 2019 and closed three months later due to Covid-19. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.