christys accepting stopshop coupons

christys accepting stopshop coupons

Customers can now enjoy discounted gasoline at both stores. Christy Mihos, owner of the Christy’s of Cape Cod chain of convenience stores and unsuccessful independent gubernatorial candidate last November, has made a deal with Stop & Shop Supermarket Cos. that makes its discount gas coupons worth something on Cape Cod, reported the Boston Globe. Stop [...]

walmarts new cstore concept

walmarts new cstore concept

Big-box giant experiments with smaller concept to compete with Tesco. The convenience business is poised to get a whole lot more competitive. Wal-Mart is preparing to stand up to Tesco’s Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market concept with two small-footprint concepts of its own, reported The Wall Street Journal. The new concepts may come off as [...]

changing of the guard at general mills

changing of the guard at general mills

Fieldhouse named VP, GM for convenience channels. General Mills has appointed Tim Fieldhouse to vice president, general manager, Convenience Channels. In his new role, Fieldhouse is responsible for General Mills’ business in key segments including Convenience Stores, Vending, and Non-Food Retailers in addition to the company’s Restaurant Accounts business segment. Prior to his current role, [...]

susser shows secondquarter growth

susser shows secondquarter growth

Strong margins shown for the fiscal year. Susser Holdings Corp. has revealed the financial results for the second quarter of 2007, reporting earnings that raised 67% from last year, helped by better-than-expected retail fuel margins and good gains in merchandise sales, both overall and on a same-store basis. The company also raised its merchandise same-store [...]

deweese up for sale

deweese up for sale

Super Stop! owner puts all of its properties on the block. Meridian, Miss.-based Deweese Enterprises Inc. (DEI) and its Super Stop! were placed on the sales block by NRC Realty Advisors LLC. Super Stop! currently owns and operates 45 convenience stores located in the Meridian and Jackson, Miss. and Southern Alabama markets, a gasoline distribution [...]

sunoco and nascar give away gas

sunoco and nascar give away gas

Fuel 5000 promotion launches for third straight summer. Sunoco, the Official Fuel of Nascar, has launched the Sunoco Free Fuel 5000 summer promotion. For the third consecutive year, the Free Fuel 5000 rewards customers for visiting Sunoco with free gas. Consumers are encouraged to enter by stopping at one of more than 4,000 participating Sunoco [...]

toa reorganizes employee structure

toa reorganizes employee structure

Company eliminates 160 corporate staffing positions. TravelCenters of America LLC revealed that it expects to eliminate about 100 positions in its company as well as another 60 positions in Petro Stopping Centers L.P., which it acquired in May, as part of a new reorganization plan. The company expects to incur $2 million to $3 million [...]

gilbarco and kickback join forces

gilbarco and kickback join forces

Gilbarco has certified a loyalty program from KickBack Rewards Systems, Twin Falls, Idaho, for use with its Passport point-of-sale (POS) system with Version 6 software. The KickBack Rewards Systems specializes in turnkey, custom-designed proprietary loyalty programs for convenience store operators. Passport supports full integration with KickBack Rewards Systems through a generic, loyalty program interface that [...]

krist oil fined over consumer law violations

krist oil fined over consumer law violations

State court forces company to pay fee of $3,933. Iron River, Mich.-based Krist Oil Co has agreed to pay a fine of $3,933 to over allegations that it violated Wisconsin’s consumer protection law, according to Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. The Wisconsin Department of Justice brought a civil action in Marinette County Circuit Court, charging [...]