Bed Bath & Beyond products returning to California amid Newsom feud

Bed Bath & Beyond products volition soon instrumentality to California aft the company’s CEO antecedently said it was done with the Golden State. This remark sparked a multi-year sermon betwixt him and the state's governor, which inactive doesn't look to person an extremity successful sight.

The announcement connected Thursday, April 23, comes aft the genitor company, Beyond, acquired aggregate brands successful aboriginal April, including The Container Store, successful a $150 cardinal deal. The institution volition soon merchantability Bed Bath & Beyond products successful 12 of its California Container Store locations.

The institution is holding a “store changing” event, during which 98 Container Store locations volition reset floors to integrate Bed Bath & Beyond products, opening connected April 24.

The determination comes aft a 2023 bankruptcy filing and Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Marcus Lemonis announcing connected X past twelvemonth that the institution wouldn’t instrumentality to California due to the fact that it’s astir intolerable to prolong businesses there.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed the institution backmost to the authorities successful an April 23 quality merchandise and X post.

“Thrilled to spot @BedBathBeyond erstwhile again opening stores successful the Golden State,” Newsom wrote. “With a thriving system increasing faster than each different developed nations, California ever reaches retired with an unfastened manus — not a closed fist.”

Newsom and Beyond’s CEO went backmost and distant connected X past twelvemonth astir Bed Bath & Beyond’s refusal to run successful California, and things don’t look to person changed much.

In an April 23 X post, Lemonis thanked the politician for “the monolithic incentives” helium gave Bed Bath & Beyond to acquisition the Container Store, past followed up with “If you person work this acold you cognize it’s not true.”

USA TODAY contacted the institution this week to find retired erstwhile the transitions volition beryllium complete, and whether Bed Bath & Beyond stores volition run nether a abstracted oregon combined banner.

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According to Beyond, the 98 Container Store locations that volition transportation Bed Bath & Beyond products volition statesman their transitions connected April 24.

Per Beyond, the 12 California stores that volition transportation the products volition include:

• Corte Madera – 219 Corte Madera Town Center

• Costa Mesa – 901-G S. Coast Drive

• El Segundo – 710 S. Pacific Coast Highway

• Los Angeles – 10250 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 218

• Palo Alto – 500 Stanford Shopping Center

• Sacramento – 2030 Arden Way

• San Diego – 7097 Friars Road

• San Francisco – 555 Ninth St.

• San Jose – 3080 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 1000

• San Mateo – 3020 Bridgepointe Parkway

• Walnut Creek – 1100 Locust St.

• Woodland Hills – 21949 Ventura Blvd.