New campaign collects donation for local charity. Sun Mart and the Mid-Columbia Reading Foundation, located in Kennewick, Wash., are teaming up to raise money to donate books to children During the month of August, area customers can buy a card for a dollar at all Sun Mart gas stations. Customers can then send those cards [...]
IFS brings back 7,500 units. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in the processing of recalling 7,500 IFS Inc. vending machine and c-store sandwiches due to a possible contamination outbreak. According to the FDA, the South Elgin, Ill.-based company discovered some of the sandwiches might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that [...]
Money to be used at funding local schools and transit systems. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has fined San Antonio, Texas-based Valero Energy Corp. $119,149 for air emissions released by its Texas City plant in 2006, according to the Express-News. The TCEQ cited 12 different incidents that occurred at the plant. During each [...]
FTCR claims new campaign by the chain is just a cover up. Many Mobil and Exxon stations in California have begun posting small signs on each pump, calling it a “Motor Fuel Measurement Notice.” The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR), however, feels that the stickers–warning that the energy content of a gallon of [...]
Company also expands service into Mac’s banner. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has renewed its contract with Desjardins payment solutions (debit and credit services). Building on their running, ten-year partnership, Desjardins Card Services and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. have not only renewed their agreement for services in Qubec, but also expanded it across Canada into the areas served [...]
Green Oil takes several companies to trial for $25 million. Illinois-based bio-product company Green Oil Co. has filed a claim against LUKOil, Saudi company Aramco, and state-owned Venezuelan producer PdVSA on charges of price fixing. The company is demanding that the defendents sell their U.S. assets, worth a total of $25 million, according to the [...]
Second winner awarded free fuel in summer-long promotion. Rutter’s Farm Stores’ “Fuel Up Free!” giveaway continues as it awards a new winner, Newberry, Pa.’s Jennifer Anderson, who won free gas for three years. Rutter’s officials presented the award to Anderson, who said she entered the contest four or five times, always at the local Rutter’s [...]
Sinking numbers cause company to reclaim shares. Stanford, N.C.-based The Pantry Inc.’s Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $35 million for each of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008 but not to exceed an aggregate of $50 million. The program authorizes the company to repurchase shares of the company’s common [...]
Listeria contamination in products presents potentially fatal symptoms. CFS Operations Ltd. has issued a recall on 4219 units of Cloud’s Tuna Salad Sandwiches and Egg Salad Sandwiches because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and maybe fatal infections in young children, elderly people and others with weakened immune [...]
Customers can double “fuelperks!” rewards until Sept. 8. Pittsburg-based Giant Eagle has revealed its new back-to-school promotion. Consumers can now double fuelperks! rewards when they purchase gift cards from Giant Eagle stores, GetGo locations and online at GiantEagle.com. The promotion and runs through Sept. 8 and offers a 20 cents-per-gallon discount at GetGo stores for [...]
Matrix Capital to manage the sale of the bankrupt Virginia chain. As part of its bankruptcy proceeding, Rennie Petroleum Corp. said it would sell its chain of 24 convenience stores along with its motor fuels supply agreements to an additional six stores through an auction to be managed by Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. The [...]
Wachovia to be the exclusive ATM provider to Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets. Tesco have revealed that Wachovia Bank will be the exclusive ATM provider to Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market when the company’s first stores debut in Southern California, Las Vegas and Phoenix this fall. The partnership between Wachovia and Fresh & Easy Neighborhood [...]
7-Eleven Inc. will present Miller Brewing Co. its 2006 Retailer Initiative Award on Aug. 30 in Dallas. This annual honor recognizes top suppliers/partners that excel at assisting 7-Eleven in meeting its customers’ changing needs through team merchandising, demand-chain solutions, cost of goods and category management and creativity in advertising and promotional programs. Miller Brewing was [...]
Chain moves forward with initiative to increase electronic payments. Tim Hortons Inc. will be launching the closed-loop, reloadable “TimCard” this fall as part of a movement by the chain to increasingly accept electronic payments. During a recent analyst call, company officials for Oakville, Ontario-based Tim Hortons said they expect it will take two years before [...]
New marketing aimed at 16-year-olds causes public outcry. Mac’s is in trouble once again for offending the general public with promotions centered on its frozen carbonated beverages. This time, the trouble comes from 19 videos produced and posted by the store on the Internet. One of the most controversial of the videos feature to scantily [...]