IRI AllScan Provides Granular Level Insights for All Product Categories To more effectively analyze and understand sales and brand performance across the c-store industry, Information Resources Inc. (IRI) has released its new AllScan Convenience Store Tracking service, the only service in the industry that provides comprehensive scanner-based point-of-sale (POS) data across the entire convenience channel. [...]
Tesoro has given a $50,000 grant to help restore the historic viewshed of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch. The USDA Forest Service recently acquired the largest remaining remnant of Roosevelt’s North Dakota ranch still in private ownership with the support of the Friends of the Elkhorn Ranch. “Environmental stewardship is one of Tesoro’s core values,” [...]
Association urges government to weigh the damage such control over the industry could have. Following a July 17 hearing, in which members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee determined that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was ill-equipped to regulate food safety, the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) asked lawmakers to keep [...]
New openings in non-traditional locations and brand notoriety move the chain in to the future. Subway is on a fast expansion track, opening 628 new locations–many of which are c-stores–between the beginning of March and the end of June of this year, adding what the company calculates as roughly the equivalent of 750,000 square feet [...]
Carlin replaces Crause as head of Fluid Transfer group. OPW Fueling Components, producer of commercial and retail fueling equipment, has named Phil Carlin president of its OPW Fuel Management Systems Inc. business unit. Carlin will replace David Crouse who was recently promoted to president of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, another Dover Company. Carlin has held [...]
New decals placed on pumps not enough to quell FTCR anger. ExxonMobil will put decals on its gasoline pumps in California and Arizona acknowledging that “hot fuel” may not deliver the full value of a gallon of gasoline, according to a report in the industry publication Oil Express, a division of the Oil Price Information [...]
Brookshire Brothers and Polk Oil have signed an agreement to operate their respective businesses together, according to the Longview (Texas) News Journal. The companies will continue to operate as separate entities with Carl Ray Polk, Jr. remaining president of Polk Oil after the merger, all 360 employees of Polk Oil will be welcomed as Brookshire [...]
To fight the high cost of credit card transactions, Gulf Oil LP has developed a new Gulf MasterCard promotion, with which customers can earn up to 25% in rebates on Gulf gas purchases, and 2% back in rebates on all other purchases during the first 60 days their account is open. At today’s prices, that [...]
McPherson Oil Products has selected RedPrairie, a consumer-driven optimization company, to support its rapid expansion and increase customer satisfaction. McPherson, which is a leading Southeast distributor of industrial lubricants and a full-service petroleum products and services company, plans to implement the RedPrairie solutions at its two regional distribution centers in Trussville, Ala. and Atlanta beginning [...]
Anheuser-Busch Inc. is the new master distributor for Icelandic Glacial super-premium natural spring water in the U.S., effective immediately. Anheuser-Busch has taken a 20% equity interest in Icelandic Water Holdings as part of a new agreement. Initial distribution will focus on select markets–including California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut–with plans to expand nationwide in [...]
Units available for sealed bid through Sheldon Good & Co. ConocoPhillips, the third largest integrated energy company in the U.S., has set up gas stations and investment properties in Missouri for sealed bid through Sheldon Good & Co. Auctions. The portfolio consists of 11 operating gas stations and c-stores (two with Subway restaurants), a bulk [...]
Pennsylvania resident wins contest prize valued at over $6,750. Rutter’s Farm Stores presented the first grand prize in its summer gas giveaway–free gas for three years–to Wrightsville, Pa. resident Mary Wherley. Rutter’s officials presented the award, valued at $6,750.74, at Wherley’s family-owned business, Wherley Automotive. Her husband, Lowell, with whom she has two sons, accompanied [...]
Companies and candidates need to be diligent in their career search, but should rest easy in knowing that their confidentiality will not be compromised. by Haskel Thompson, National Executive Personnel Imagine that you are the CEO of a major company in the convenience store industry. A key division manager within the organization has just informed [...]
Company signs distribution agreement with SourceONE. Mark VII Equipment Inc., supplier of solutions for the car wash business worldwide, has signed SourceONE as distributor for the state of Arkansas. Based in Fort Smith, SourceONE is a full-service car wash company engaged in the development, construction, consulting, management, marketing, distribution, sales and service of car wash [...]
R.J. Reynolds sets up Website opposing bill. Today, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hold a vote over the proposed 61-cents-per-pack increase on cigarettes and the possibility of a 156% increase on other tobacco products, such as cigars, pipe tobacco and smokeless products. The new tax, introduced by Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), is [...]