Oregon To Add Up To 17 New Liquor Licenses
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has opened the door for up to 17 retail businesses, including convenience stores, to become liquor outlets in the Portland area.With only one...
View ArticleWuest’s Is VP Racing's 'Newest & Nearest' Retail Partner
McQUEENEY, Texas -- Wuest’s Inc. has signed on as the "newest and nearest" distributor to join VP Racing Fuels' retail branding program. Based in McQueeney, Texas, Wuest’s Inc. owns and operates 15...
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Gas Prices’ ‘Best Week Ever’
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Retail gasoline prices just saw their biggest weekly drop of 2015.According to a blog post by Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, the national average retail...
View ArticleShopper Futures Pairs Mondelez Brands With Retailers, Startups
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Mondelēz International has announced the eight startups selected to participate in the company's Shopper Futures program. Shopper Futures, the company's innovation initiative, brings...
View ArticleBJ's Appoints Former Hess Retail CEO as President & COO
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. has announced that former Hess Retail CEO Christopher J. Baldwin has been named president and COO of the warehouse club, effective September 8.Baldwin...
View ArticleSpinx Gives Away Free Gas for a Year
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Upstate South Carolina resident Eric Ashemore gathered recently with leaders from The Spinx Co. and the March of Dimes to receive the grand prize for this year’s March for Babies...
View ArticleD&H United Fueling Solutions Announces Acquisition, Team
SAN ANTONIO -- D&H United Fueling Solutions Inc. has purchased the assets of D&H Pump & Environmental and United Pump Supply. The combined companies will be known as D&H United Fueling...
View ArticleMini Gets Big
NEW YORK -- Arby's chief marketing officer Rob Lynch thinks quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains are losing customers to convenience-store chains like Wawa because they haven't done a great job with...
View ArticleBalancing Indulgent and Better-For-You Snacks
Brought to you by Mrs. Freshley’s.Convenience stores have long been a prime destination for single-serve or impulse snacks, requiring little more than assortment and merchandising updates to keep the...
View ArticleWhen Does ‘Grilling Season’ End?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- This Labor Day, two-thirds of U.S. shopper households are likely to grill outdoors during the long weekend. While the holiday marks the unofficial end to summer, consumers are not...
View ArticleWhen Comfort Foods Meet Nutritional Demands
Brought to you by Foster Farms.OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- It’s no secret that Americans love comfort food. From California-style burgers to Midwest mac and cheese to New England lobster rolls, comfort...
View Article7-Eleven, DoorDash Partner for On-Demand Delivery
DALLAS & PALO ALTO, Calif. --7-Eleven Inc. and DoorDash have announced a partnership to provide on-demand delivery from more than 200 participating 7-Eleven convenience stores in five major...
View ArticleCSP Parent Acquires Technomic
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Winsight LLC, formerly CSP Business Media, a market-dominant, business-to-business media and information company specializing in the convenience-store retailing, restaurant...
View ArticleAdding Up the Millennial Math on Additives
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Up to 30% of younger millennials (aged 18 to 24) said they would increase their usage of fuel additives, according to a recent study conducted by research firm The NPD Group,...
View ArticleStart Me Up
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- As candy and snack maker Mondelez International continues its nontraditional work with tech-savvy startups, several retailers, including convenience-store chains 7-Eleven, Mac’s, Kum...
View ArticleWashington State ARCOs Accepting Voyager
MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Bank and BP have reached an agreement allowing fleet cards from the U.S. Bank Voyager Network to be accepted at BP’s 146 ARCO-branded gas stations in the state of Washington. The...
View ArticleKangaroo Express Getting ‘Facelift,’ Becoming Circle K
LAVAL, Quebec – Coincidentally, both logos prominently feature a red “K.” But the Kangaroo will disappear, at least from the logo. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said it will rebrand the approximately...
View ArticleGrowth Gives Couche-Tard Continued Momentum
LAVAL, Quebec – Mainly due to the effect of acquisitions and organic growth, for its first quarter of fiscal year 2016 ended July 19, 2015, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has reported net earnings of...
View ArticleMcDonald's to Launch All-Day Breakfast
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- McDonald’s Corp. said its restaurants will start selling all-day breakfast across the United States on October 6, fulfilling a longstanding customer request.The company’s franchisees...
View ArticleSnapple Named 'Brand to Watch'
PLANO, Texas -- The Snapple beverage brand has seen a sustained upswing of key consumer-perception metrics over the past 60 days, according to YouGov BrandIndex. Generated by two back-to-back...
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