The beverage business is booming thanks to the ongoing innovation offered by energy drinks, bottled water and FCBs. Convenience Store Decisions, as part of its ongoing Online Roundtable Webcast series, will present “Beverage Trends and How to Capitalize at Retail,” sponsored by Tetley Harris Food Group. The Webcast will take place Wednesday, Oct. 17 at [...]
Isal Amlat subsidiary gains 21 new U.S. stores. Empire Petroleum Holdings LLC, subsidiary of Isal Amlat Investment Ltd, has purchased 50% of 19 gas stations in the U.S. and long-term leasing rights to two more for $23.5 million, according to Globes Online. Eighteen of the properties operate in Virginia with the rest in Tennessee. All [...]
Foodstop acquisition adds five stores to the chain in New Hampshire and Vermont. Irving Oil is adding five new locations to its ever-popular retail network by purchasing the operating assets of five Foodstop Inc. stores in the Upper Valley area. The stores are located in Andover, Hanover and West Lebanon, N.H., and in Hartford and [...]
Flatware manufacturer brings on new firm to help with marketing efforts. Solo Cup Co., manufacturer of disposable foodservice products, has appointed Scott Advertising as its creative agency of record for its foodservice marketing and advertising following an extensive agency review. “Solo is stepping up its efforts to support its products and brand with a full [...]
Newly launched stores offers services unique to other stores within the chain. The Worsley companies have opened two new locations utilizing a brand new prototype design. These locations opened in Wilmington, N.C., where the chain is based, and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The company operate 142 locations in North and South Carolina under the banners of [...]
Store reopens with more pumps, parking and foodservice. Love’s Country Store is introducing its new $6 million expansion to the town of Tumcumcari, N.M. The new expansion doubled the store’s diesel lanes to eight and upped the gasoline lanes to six, according to the Quay County Sun. “The new location opened without any major delays,” [...]
Company offers $50,000 grant and more to N.J. community. Valero, through its Paulsboro, N.J. refinery, has donated $50,000 to the local Paulsboro High School during the company’s annual “Report to the Community.” The donation comes in recognition of the oil company’s 90 years of success and fellowship in the community, according to Gloucester (N.J.) County [...]
New Fusion line extension offers health benefits to drinkers. 7-Eleven believes that the best defense is a good offense, which has led to the launch of its new Fusion Defense coffee, a brew with herbal extracts, in anticipation of this year’s cold and flu season. Available this fall, Fusion Defense is infused with echinacea, ginseng [...]
Consumer group attacks oil company over politics. After Chevron’s recent launch of its new “Human Energy” ad campaign, The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and its OilWatchdog.org project have called on Chevron CEO David O’Reilly to “immediately sever Chevron’s ties to Myanmar’s brutal government and personally speak out against its violent suppression of [...]
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Bill being prepared for the President, who has promised to veto. In a vote of 67-29, the Senate passed reauthorization legislation for the $35 billion State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) after it was passed by the House two days earlier with a vote of 265-159. The legislation is now en route to the President’s [...]
New product campaign raises money for breast cancer. Pink tags will be on display throughout The Kroger Co.’s stores again this year as the retailer partners with vendors and suppliers to support National Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. Beginning this weekend, pink tags can be found on shelves in Kroger stores across the country [...]
New advertising campaign launched this week. Chevron Corp. launched a new integrated global advertising campaign this week aimed at engaging people in today’s energy issues and highlighting the steps Chevron is taking to bring more energy supplies to the global marketplace. The campaign, called the “Power of Human Energy,” launched on television in the U.S. [...]
Company is growing fast in the c-store market. The Hardy Flower Co. has spent 2007 in the growing process. The company has ramped up its Hardy Flowers retail outlets from six to 24 during the past twelve months. The company’s flowers are featured in c-stores in Eastern Massachusetts, including the Boston area, the North Shore, [...]