First Look at Next Week's Weather: April 20-26
Body: BERWYN, Pa. -- A considerably warmer trend across much of the United States vs. last year will provide a boost in demand for spring product categories, while a parade of storms enhances flooding...
View ArticleWeek of Wawa: Setting Lofty Goals
Body: WAWA, Pa. -- During its 50-year history as a convenience retail, Wawa Inc. hasn't been shy about setting lofty goals, and its objectives for its anniversary celebration and 2014 as a whole are no...
View ArticleRattlers Shakes Up Its Loyalty Offer
Body: NAVASOTA, Texas --The Rattlers chain of convenience stores has chosen to partner with OpenStore by GasBuddy to reward loyal customers with special discounts and offers.Now with 14 locations...
View ArticleExclusive: Obamacare—The 'Employer of Choice' Dilemma
Body: VALPARAISO, Ind. & SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The differing levels of delays tied to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as "Obamacare" by both sides of the political aisle, may...
View ArticleTechnomic Expands Brand Tracking for Retail Foodservice
Body: CHICAGO -- As distinctions between restaurants and retailers increasingly blur, foodservice suppliers and operators must increase their understanding of the needs, behaviors and attitudes of...
View ArticleClif Bar Promotes Showers to Sr. Customer Manager for C-Stores
Body: EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Clif Bar & Co. has announced that Geoff Showers has been promoted to senior customer manager for convenience stores. Geoff will cover the healthy snack bar company's...
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Plaid Pantry C-Stores Helping Customers on Bikes
Body: BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Convenience store chain Plaid Pantries Inc. has announced its latest effort to become more appealing to customers who arrive by bike: Bicycle aid stations.The new aid stations...
View ArticleHess Alerts Florida Motorists About Skimming Threat
Body: WOODBRIDGE, N.J. --Hess Corp. has issued a statement to its southern Florida retail gasoline customers about credit-card and debit-card frauds at the pump at its Hess Express convenience stores,...
View ArticleStripes Picks Up Chicks
Body: BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- A Bryan, Texas, convenience store with a controversial past reopened earlier this month under new ownership. Susser Holdings Corp. has acquired the lone Chicks...
View ArticleNot Your Parents' Soda Fountain (Video)
Body: ATLANTA -- With mobile app in the works that ties back to its high-tech soda fountain, Coca-Cola clearly has an intense focus for the future of its Freestyle machine: attracting millennials.Its...
View ArticleWeek of Wawa Exclusive: 8 Highlights From 'The Wawa Way'
Body: WAWA, Pa. -- The top-line takeaway from this celebratory book by former Wawa Inc. president and CEO Howard Stoeckel (with Bob Andelman) is that this company was bound to succeed. Fully titled...
View ArticleCST Embarking on 100 Site Sell-Off in Nine States
Body: SAN ANTONIO -- Following through on its announcement last month that it had identified 100 convenience stores as candidates for pruning to "optimize" its network of approximately 1,900 locations,...
View ArticleOn the Run Mobile App Users See Mo. Lottery Results
Body: CUBA, Mo. -- Wallis Cos.' On the Run customers in the St. Louis area can now access daily winning lottery numbers through the convenience store retailer's app through a recent app upgrade by...
View ArticleE-Vaping & Taxation
Body: LAS VEGAS -- Could be 2016 before the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) takes formal watch of cigars, pipe tobacco and electronic cigarettes.In the meantime, myriad proposals, from...
View ArticleNew Dixie Oil Installs inOvationTV at Pump
Body: ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. -- New Dixie Oil Corp. has chosen to install new Wayne Ovation fuel dispensers equipped with the inOvationTV media platform at its sites in Rocky Mount, N.C. New Dixie Oil,...
View ArticleIRI, GuestMetrics Alliance Delves Into How Consumers Shop, Eat
Body: CHICAGO -- IRI, which provides solutions and services for consumer, retail and over-the-counter healthcare companies, has announced an exclusive alliance with GuestMetrics, known for capturing...
View ArticleHoliday Stationstores to Carry Frava Caffeinated Fruit Juice
Body: BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- More than 470 Holiday Stationstores in the Midwest will carry Frava, a naturally caffeinated fruit juice. To support the move, Frava is launching an indiegogo campaign to...
View ArticleOreo, Chefs Team Up for New Snack Hacks Videos
Body: EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- Oreo has launched a new Snack Hacks video series which embodies the trend of remixing that is currently driving food culture. Oreo is at the forefront of this movement,...
View ArticleIllinois Retailers Fight Gas Tax Increase
Body: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A proposal to increase fuel taxes in Illinois to help fund infrastructure improvements saw pushback this week from retailers in the state, who argue is will hurt business and...
View ArticleExpert View: Protecting Your Alcohol License
Body: ATLANTA -- Your alcohol license is an intangible business asset of your convenience store. Therefore, it stands to reason that as a business owner, you must exercise care in protecting that...
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