Love's Travel Stops Partners With Truckers Against Trafficking
Body: OKLAHOMA CITY -- Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. has announced a partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to raising...
View ArticleCVC to Ditch Pilot
Body: LONDON -- Saying that the move is unrelated to the fuel rebate scandal, leveraged buyout firm CVC Capital Partners told investors that it plans to sell its remaining stake in Pilot Travel Centers...
View ArticleDecember Gasoline Prices Averaging 13 Cents Below Last Year
Body: WASHINGTON -- After falling by more than 40 cents per gallon from the beginning of September through mid-November, weekly U.S. average regular gasoline retail prices increased by 8 cents per...
View ArticleLittle General Grows in West Virginia
Body: FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Little General Store Inc. recently took over six Wilfong Sunoco stores in West Virginia, according to a report in the Times West Virginian. The stores are located in...
View ArticleVuse Embraces High-Tech Attributes with CES Appearance
Body: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. will showcase its innovative Vuse Digital Vapor Cigarette to a global audience at the 2014 international Consumer Electronics Show (CES), running...
View ArticleAspartame Safe, but not the Sole Solution
Body: NEW YORK -- The continuing decrease in the sale of diet carbonated soft drinks has been tied to concern about the safety of aspartame. A recent study showing the sugar substitute is safe,...
View ArticleSour Patch Kids Hit a new Stride
Body: EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- For the first time, the "sour, then sweet" experience of Sour Patch Kids will be available in gum, thanks to Stride. New Stride Sour Patch Kids gum will hit stores in Jan....
View ArticleConsumers Petroleum's Fund-Raising Coup
Body: MILFORD, Conn. -- CITGO marketer Consumers Petroleum raised more than $114,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) at its 20th Annual MDA Golf Tournament. Consumers Petroleum was joined...
View ArticleVending Machines as Labor-Free Fresh-Food Channel
Body: OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Gone are the days of potato chips and stale candy being the only options dispensed from vending machines. Some companies are finding ways to give customers fresh,...
View ArticleMcDonald's Targets Millennial Consumers with Technology
Body: OAK BROOK, Ill. -- McDonald's is testing a mobile application in 1,000 stores as it tries to lure younger diners at a time when U.S. sales are struggling, according to a Bloomberg report.Called...
View ArticleNew Store: Shop24 (Slide Show)
Body: POMONA, Calif. -- Shop24—the automated convenience store—opened its latest location on the campus of California State Polytechnic University Pomona this past week.On its Facebook page, Shop24...
View ArticleConvenience Retailers Among Forbes Top 50 Private Companies
Body: NEW YORK -- The latest edition of Forbes Top 50 Private Companies shows most of the convenience store retailers on the list dropping a notch or two as computer-maker Dell jumped from nowhere on...
View ArticleTA Closes 31-Store Acquisition
Body: WESTLAKE, Ohio -- TravelCenters of America LLC announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of 31 convenience stores with retail gasoline stations for $67.9 million from...
View ArticleCST Brands Closes Senior-Note Exchange Offer
Body: SAN ANTONIO -- CST Brands Inc. announced the closing of the offer to exchange any and all of its $550 million outstanding principal amount of 5.00% senior notes due 2023 for an equal amount of...
View ArticleM&M'S Shows Off Passion For Peanuts
Body: HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. -- What do you get when you mix M&M'S® Brand's passion for peanuts with one of the world's funniest actors? Something nutty--in the best possible way. Mars Chocolate North...
View ArticleBetter ATM Launches Reseller Network
Body: MESA, Ariz. -- Better ATM Services, a technology innovator in the ATM and prepaid industries, has inaugurated a reseller network with the signing of its first agreement with Express Teller...
View ArticleWells Fargo Launches Isis Mobile Wallet
Body: SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK -- Wells Fargo & Co. and Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture created by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless, announced the first phase...
View ArticleBlumenthal to Energy-Drink Makers: Stop Marketing To Children
Body: HARTFORD, Conn. -- U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)--joined by Jennifer Harris, the director of marketing initiatives at Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity--called...
View ArticleWisconsin Senator: Don’t Ban E-Cigarettes
Body: MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin is now among a number of states that are either considering how to deal with electronic cigarettes or have already passed laws regulating them.State Sen. Glenn Grothman...
View ArticleGate Petroleum Partners with AAA
Body: TAMPA, Fla. -- AAA members who fill their gas tanks at Gate convenience stores will automatically earn AAA Dollars, thanks to a new partnership between Gate and AAA.AAA members in Florida,...
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