Lettieri’s has launched its newest grab-n-go lunch specialty item, Meatball Wrapz. The sandwich combines the demand for a high quality specialty sub with the need for portability to accommodate the consumer’s busy lifestyle. Greg Dornbach, senior vice president of sales and marketing, said the new Meatball Wrapz was designed to deliver a slightly spicy meatball…
Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures
Retailers needing to replace broken, missing or yellowed plastic light fixture lenses, should check with Fluorolite Plastics Inc., to view its new line of custom manufactured plastic replacement wraparound diffuser lenses to fit virtually all fluorescent lighting fixtures, both new and discontinued. Fluorolite Wraps are custom thermoformed from plastic sheet into a one-piece lens that…
Raising the Bar on Automotive Accessories
Bar’s Leaks introduces Head Gasket Fix, the first chemical solution to permanently repair head gasket and other major cooling system leaks simply by adding it directly to the radiator where it mixes with existing antifreeze/coolant. No flushing is required. Head Gasket Fix is effective in all gasoline and diesel engines. Bar’s Leaks Head Gasket Fix…
Hand-Made Burritos
Pierre Foods introduces new additions to the El puesto de Pedro line of Mexican specialties. These new hand-made burritos are designed with the vending business in mind. Pierre’s El puesto de Pedro burritos are hand-wrapped for authentic quality and feature color-code packaging designed to meet the unique merchandising requirements of the vending market. The line…
Earning its Wings
Pilgrim’s Pride Foodservice has added to its line of best-selling wings with the introduction of new Pierce Chicken Boneless Wing Dings and Boneless Wing-Zings. "By offering our most popular brand of wings in both bone-in and boneless varieties, we’re helping operators appeal to consumers who might not normally eat wings," said Keith Arnold, vice president…
Extreme Security
Extreme CCTV releases the new EX85, the pinnacle of today’s most advanced imaging technologies, combining dual CMOS megapixel sensors, IP infrared imaging design and Black Diamond night vision technology. The result is the most advanced level of imaging performance for today’s critical security applications: the amazing detail of 3.1 million color pixels by day and…
Store Automation Can Benefit HR
While scanning is a critical part of a convenience store’s electronic accounting system, the system has the potential to do much more, including contributions in the area of human resources. According to Greg Gilkerson, president of Professional Datasolutions Inc. (PDI), a McLane-owned software and service provider to convenience stores and petroleum wholesalers, the system can…
Whole Grain Pop-Tarts
Moms seek foods that are great tasting, fun and popular among kids, yet also good for them. They can search no further. Kellogg Co.’s Pop-Tarts Toaster Pastries with One Serving of Whole Grain are the newest Pop-Tarts that deliver whole grain and fiber moms demand with the great Pop-Tarts’ taste kids love. Kellogg’s research shows…
Dealing with a Data Landslide
There was a time not so long ago when a vendor would roll boxes of product into a convenience store, plant them on the floor, flash an invoice for the cashier’s signature and then leave with the expectation that the store would sell the product–at least, some of it–by the next delivery date. Thanks to…
Technologies to Watch: Google and VoIP
Two of the most impressive technologies on display at last November’s NACS Show promise to enhance the convenience value proposition for customers and storeowners alike. The first of these comes to the marketplace courtesy of a strategic partnership between Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Google. It will allow customers fueling their vehicles at stations using Gilbarco’s Encore…