Wayne Invests in Automatic Vehicle ID Technology
Body: AUSTIN, Texas -- New technology will provide Wayne Fusion Forecourt System customers with a secure, reliable, scalable and cost-effective fleet-management system, according to the company.Wayne,...
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Muffins 4-Year Sales Trend
Muffins 4-Year Sales TrendPublished in: CSP Daily NewsAfter its first growth in three years in 2012, muffin sales dropped again this year.Top Muffin Brands in Convenience StoresIRI Convenience AllScan...
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CARRE Foundation Benefactors Step Up at Outlook Leadership Conference
Body: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- CSP's Charitable Alliance of Restaurant & Retail Executives (CARRE) Foundation is pleased to announce that more than $240,000 in funding has been raised with the generous...
View ArticlePrivate-Label Share Inches Up Slightly in Convenience Channel
Body: CHICAGO -- Information Resources Inc. (IRI) predicted that private label in the United States had hit a proverbial glass ceiling. This prediction has proven true, at least at the macro level,...
View ArticleBack From the Foodservice Future
Body: CHICAGO -- The U.S. restaurant industry has enjoyed modest growth in the past few years, and Mintel estimates sales of $438 billion in 2013, as well as a 5.9% increase in sales in 2014.Julia...
View ArticleTedeschi Honored as Employer of the Year by Best Buddies
Body: ROCKLAND, Mass. -- Tedeschi Food Shops Inc. has been honored as the 2013 Employer of the Year by Best Buddies of Massachusetts.Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a...
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'Calendar-Effect' Expected to Spur Holiday Travel Hike (Infographic)
Body: ORLANDO, Fla. -- AAA projects 94.5 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday season, an increase of 0.6% from the 94 million people who traveled last...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Monster's Lawsuit Against S.F. City Attorney
Body: RIVERSIDE, Calif. --A U.S. District Court on Dec. 16 dismissed a federal lawsuit by Monster Beverage Corp. against San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who said the company is seeking to...
View ArticleStrike Threatens SuperAmerica Station Shutdown
Body: ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Fuel refinery workers said they are willing to strike and shut off the pumps at SuperAmerica gas stations over changes proposed by their new bosses. Workers at the Northern...
View Articleepay to Offer Digital Gift Codes to PayPal Customers
Body: LEAWOOD, Kansas -- epay, a division of Euronet Worldwide Inc. and a leading global prepaid product provider, distribution network and payments processor, has announced the availability of...
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Fresh & Easy to Keep Name
Body: EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Changes are underway at Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc., but those changes do not include the chain's name, according to a report by The Orange County Register.The...
View ArticleMobile 2 Go: Taking the Mobile by the Horns
Body: OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Taking the mobile bull by the horns is what three convenience retailers talked about when discussing why they joined the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), the mobile...
View ArticleSABMiller's Mackay Dies Following Illness
Body: LONDON -- SABMiller plc announced that chairman Graham Mackay died peacefully on Dec. 18, with his family at his side. He had been diagnosed with a brain tumor.The board of directors has...
View ArticleQSR Chicken Satisfaction Action
Body: TORONTO -- A new study has found that many quick-service restaurant (QSR) chicken brands are struggling to satisfy customers, with a market average high satisfaction rate of only 44%.Empathica...
View ArticlePilot Flying J, Digiboo Partner on Digital Entertainment
Body: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Holiday travelers now have a quick and easy way to rent and buy their entertainment, as Digiboo, a digital retail entertainment download service, has announced that it is...
View ArticleLove's in the Time of Christmas
Body: OKLAHOMA CITY --"Retro revamped" is the focus of this year's special stock of Christmas merchandise at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores nationwide. The Love's network of stores is gearing...
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Orange Juice 4-Year Sales Trend
Orange Juice 4-Year Sales TrendPublished in: CSP Daily NewsOrange juice sales are up just 1% in 2013, but it's a vast improvement over recent years.Top Shelf-Stable Orange-Juice Brands in Convenience...
View ArticleE-Cigs: Not So Fast
Body: NEW YORK -- Could the electronic-cigarette craze be the dot-com bubble ready to burst or tobacco's version of energy drinks to the cold vault less than a decade ago?Somewhere in between, said...
View ArticleN.Y. City Council Votes to Add E-Cigs to Smoking Ban
Body: NEW YORK -- The New York City Council voted to add electronic cigarettes to the city's strict smoking ban on Dec. 19, in what could be the latest of many anti-tobacco measures put in place by...
View ArticleAltria, Philip Morris International Heat Up 'E-Vapor' Agreements
Body: RICHMOND, Va. -- Altria Group Inc. said that it has entered into a series of agreements with Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) addressing the intellectual property licensing, regulatory...
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