A CSD Staff Report The old saying goes, “A good bartenderwith questionable ethics will own yourbar in five years.” Tidel Engineering, a subsidiary of Sentinel Technologies Inc.,can’t help convenience store owners findgood employees, but you can bet your bottom dollar it will help keep your cash safe. That’s because Tidel has been at theforefront of [...]
Tetley Harris enhances foodservice programs with a wealth of “better for you” beverages. Foodservice continues to grow in importance in the convenience store channel. The foodservice category—which consists of food prepared on site, made-toorder sandwiches, as well as hot foods thatinclude hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza, inaddition to hot and cold dispensed beverages—accounts for 11.9% [...]
For Sunny Singh, general manager of retail operations forGardena, Calif.-based United Oil, good business sense justruns through his veins. Not only does he possess a strong business acumen, he's also intimately aware of the intricacies necessary to succeed in the highly competitive convenience storeindustry. Singh, who hails from Punjab, India, began working in the familybusinesses, [...]
CSD acknowledges the suppliers that retailers themselves said were partners in growing their businesses. • 2007 CSD READER’S CHOICE AWARDS • PACKAGED BEVERAGES NINETY-TWO KEY DECISIONS MAKERSfor 87 chains reported $2.1 billionin sales for the entire packaged beverage category, which includes carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), juices andteas. As may be expected, the top sellersthis year [...]
IN JANUARY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESvoted on something that had been set in stone for over adecade. They voted in overwhelming numbers toapprove an increase in the federal minimum wage—adecision that could not only affect millions of c-storeemployees, but also their employers as well. Cause for a RaiseThe past decade has been the longest stretch [...]
Innovation, commitment to service is the hallmark of the Parker business strategy. The Parker Cos. is a dynamicoperation with interests inreal estate, building retail centers and offices, the storagebusiness (Urban Attic), Spin Citylaundry, Parker’s Market UrbanGourmet and, of course, Parker’sConvenience Stores. The Savannah, Ga.-based company, which is also a BP andChevron jobber, is owned and [...]
Finding the right supplier partners is crucial to convenience store retailers that is only enhanced in this era ofultra competitiveness. That's why Convenience Store Decisions set out to identify the suppliers and manufacturersretailers say are doing the best job meeting their needs as partof our second annual Reader's Choice Awards. The awards are based on [...]
While lunch is a proven daypart for convenience stores, truly capturing customers means creating morning and dinner offers. Three retailers share their secrets to capturing dining dollars without cannibalizing existing lunch sales. FRIENDSHIP FOODS hasmade itself a food destination thanks to strong branded programs. Sixteen of the company’s 25 stores offer some form offoodservice, be [...]
Discounting and sacrificing fuel margins may not be the most effective way to build incremental sales. After more than 30 years inthe retail car wash business,Paul Vercollone qualifies as anexpert on the subject of selling car washes to the motoring public. Andwith his many years of experience,Vercollone has a message to those operators sacrificing fuel [...]
What do you see as thegreatest opportunity in the convenience retailing businessat present?Convenience. It's what we whatwe sell and what customerswant. People are more pressedfor time than ever so convenience is more important thanever. What an opportunity. What are you doing at E-ZMart to attract female/new shoppers? We have taken down most of thewindow clutter [...]
A comprehensive new study by Meyers Research Center (MRC) finds that convenience store shoppers are seeking cold beverages,friendly employees and know what they want before they get through the door. The findings are part of Meyers' Convenience StoreClose-Up Wave Six, which takes a look at behavior, attitudes and decision-making patterns of c-store shoppers in the [...]
It’s a well know Sports adage that you can’t be a stand out winner without being strong on defense. The very same holds true for the Convenience Store Business. Viewing Security Tapes from your stores Video System is one excellent way of practicing “Strong Defense” (for those that don’t have Security Cameras, this very same [...]
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Jacksonville, Fla.-based Gate Petroleum Co. has selected the Boomi Visual Integration Platform to meet the company’s current business-to-business integration software needs as well as emerging application integration requirements. “We evaluated our technology infrastructure and realized we could significantly improve business processes if we pulled together information from standalone applications and connect directly with our trading [...]
While some experts say a rewards program that also reduces credit card fees is too good to be true, Wawa and Wesco beg to differ. Creating a loyal customer base hasalways been a concern for retailers. But more recently, highinterchange rates on Visa andMasterCard purchases have been at theforefront of retailers’ minds. While theywant to [...]