if ($orderChanged) {  // update the stores with their new navmenu_position
                echo "order changed!<br/>";
                echo "orderedStoresList before ->";
                print_r($orderedStoresList);
                echo "<br/>";
                foreach ($newStoresList as $index => $storeName) {
                        echo 'looking at store position-->' . $index . '<br/>';
                        if ($storeName != $orderedStoresList[$index]->post_title) {
                                $orderedStoresList[$index]->navmenu_position = $index+1;
                        }
                }
                echo "orderedStoresList after ->";
                print_r($orderedStoresList);
                echo "<br/>";
  }