Tricia Tanaka is Dead

Locke & Hurley Via Randy

In this episode Hurley buys the chicken shack but it got hit by a meteorite.  This could be the reason that Randy had to seek another job and ended up as Locke's boss at the box company. In Everybody Hates Hugo, Hurley is working at the chicken shack and his boss is Randy, the same guy who was Locke's boss in the episode Walkabout.