AdvancePierre Exploring Sale?
CINCINNATI -- AdvancePierre Foods is interviewing investment banks to prepare for a sale that could value the private equity-owned convenience store foodservice supplier at more than $2 billion,...
View ArticleMillennials Are Excited About C-Stores
DALLAS -- Forever 21 may be a fashion-retail brand to most, but for convenience store retailers, it's an important demographic trend to stay ahead of, according to research conducted by Technomic Inc....
View ArticleStrengths, Struggles & Strategies of C-Store Tobacco
DALLAS -- Regulation, a crowded backbar, pre-pricing and vaping--all these topics and a dozen more were covered during a rapid-fire panel discussion on tobacco in convenience stores at CSP's...
View ArticleDon't Neglect the Three W's Driving Category Management
DALLAS -- Convenience stores average 160 million transactions a day (that's more than half the U.S. population), and 60% of non-alcoholic purchases are consumed within 10 minutes and 80% are consumed...
View ArticleTop 10 Bad Passwords
LOS GATOS, Calif. -- If you use the number sequence "123456" as a password for anything important like a debit card or email log-in, it may be time to rethink that. And don't switch to "football" or...
View ArticleRedbox Pulling Out of Canada
OAKBRROK TERRACE, Ill. -- Outerwall Inc. is shutting down its Redbox operations in Canada as the business is not meeting internal performance expectations, the kiosk company announced with its...
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Farm Stores Launches National Franchise Program
MIAMI -- Leading drive-thru convenience store chain Farm Stores will begin franchising for the first time, the company has announced.The brand is targeting qualified single-unit and multi-unit...
View ArticleMurphy USA Expands ECIG Relationship
EL DORADO, Ark. --Murphy USA Inc. will offer Electronic Cigarettes International Group Ltd.'s FIN Advanced Vaping System in more than 1,200 Murphy locations in 23 states.Grand Rapids, Mich.-based ECIG...
View ArticleHow 'Pull' Marketing Can Boost SEO, Loyalty for C-Stores
DALLAS -- For retailers with web pages that do little to enhance consumer appeal or stir loyalty, Eric Pratt's message is clear: Click the help button.Emphasizing how retailers' web pages give a...
View ArticleThree Retailer Road Maps to Getting Stuff Done
DALLAS -- Coming up with successful plans for in-store promotions and certain categories is tough enough. Executing them at the store level is a whole other wad of jerky. At Convenience Retailing...
View ArticleMurphy USA Primes Pump for Lottery Sales
EL DORADO, Ark. --Murphy USA Inc. has partnered with Linq3 to introduce Play at the Pump at its gas stations in Missouri and Minnesota beginning this week. Play at the Pump is a new way for motorists...
View ArticleCrude Awakening: Pump Prices Jump, Margin Shrivels
CAMARILLO, Calif. -- After a dramatic $1.65-per-gallon retail price crash over nine months, the retail price of gasoline bumped up by 12.72 cents over the past two weeks to $2.1963 for regular grade,...
View ArticleGroup Responds to N.Y. AG's Request to Halt Herbal Supplement Sales
WASHINGTON -- Daniel Fabricant, executive director of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and former director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the U.S. Food & Drug...
View ArticleSkinny Cow Unveiling New Products Across Three Categories
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Skinny Cow brand recently announced that it is launching nine products across its 2015 portfolio of ice cream, candy and for the first time, beverage. Three new Creamy Iced...
View ArticleCost of C-Store Businesses Declining?
SAN FRANCISCO -- The median sale price of convenience-store businesses sold by BizBuySell dipped in 2014, even as the average multiple of revenue and the average multiple of cash flow remained...
View ArticleCigar Industry Mourns Loss of Tony Barone
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Tony Barone, former vice president of wholesale trade for tobacco company Commonwealth-Altadis Inc. until his retirement in May 2013, has died after a brief battle with cancer....
View ArticleConsumers Still Upbeat Despite Gas-Price Uptick
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- While most consumers believe the great gas price freefall is over, they remain optimistic overall about the economy.That's according to NACS' latest Consumer Fuels Survey, which each...
View ArticleGulf Oil, Billaway Partner on Rewards Program
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Gulf Oil LP has launched Power Points, a customer loyalty program designed to directly reduce consumers' electricity bills and earn free gasoline at Gulf gas stations. The energy...
View Article7-Eleven Canada's Cups Play Cupid ... Or Not
VANCOUVER, B.C. --This year, 7-Eleven wants to make people smile and take Valentine's Day a little less seriously by encouraging them to share their relationship status in a fun way, over coffee....
View ArticleBud Light Introduces New Cocktail-Inspired Malt Beverages
ST. LOUIS -- Following on the successful heels of Bud Light Lime-a-Ritas, the beer brand is introducing a new cocktail-inspired product to the growing Bud Light portfolio: Bud Light MIXXTAIL. Bud Light...
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