New unit in Tonawanda, N.Y. features Nickel City Market Café. NOCO Express Shops today reported that it has acquired a Mobile Station in Tonawanda N.Y. and has completely rebranded the entire location, which is now officially open for business as a NOCO Express Shop. The 3,000 sq. ft. store, NOCO’s 32nd unit, took three days [...]
Ten convenience store employees receive memorial Jim Yates award. NACS announced the 10 convenience store employees who are recipients of a 2007 NACS Yates Scholarship, which annually recognizes employees in the convenience store industry based on their dedication to achieving excellence in retailing, strong leadership skills at the store level, and persistence in the pursuit [...]
Limited edition cards feature No. 42 Texaco/Havoline driver Juan Pablo Montoya. In celebration of Texaco’s 20th anniversary in sponsoring stock car racing and a successful season for rookie driver Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevron Products Co. introduced its special limited edition gift card carrying the image of the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline racecar and driver Juan Pablo [...]
Convenience store operator sells 25 shopping centers for $377 million. Tedeschi Realty Corp. yesterday sold 25 shopping centers, most in Greater Boston, to a Colorado company for $377 million, in the largest transaction of its type in Massachusetts history, the Boston Globe reported. The Tedeschi family will continue to operate and franchise 200 Tedeschi Food [...]
Smokaroma introduces the newInstant Burger cooker. Utilizing directenergy transfer, the Instant Burgercooks two hamburgers, chicken filets, sausage patties or hot dogsin 25 seconds. Produce sandwiches as fast as you can prep the buns.The meat temperature reaches over 180 degrees. No hood, venting oradditional labor needed. The product only uses energy while cooking andrequire 23 inches [...]
Duo receives “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award from Ernst & Young. David Wiessman, chairman of Dallas-based Alon USA Energy, Inc., and Jeff Morris, president and CEO of Alon, have been named Entrepreneurs of the Year (EoY) in the Energy, Chemicals and Mining category by Ernst & Young. This honor recently was awarded to Wiessman and [...]
Car wash firm to sell and service accounts from Connecticut to Maine. Mark VII Equipment Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of WashTec AG of Germany, Has begun directly selling and servicing Mark VII equipment in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. “Following a management change at our former distributor, both parties decided not [...]
Company to complete transition to rBST-free milk by early 2008. The Kroger Co. said it would complete the transition of milk it processes and sells in its convenience stores and supermarkets to a certified rBST-free supply by February 2008. The Company said its decision was based on customer feedback in the markets it serves. Earlier [...]