Many consumers have grown to appreciate and even expect self-checkout to help reduce their wait time at the front of the store. Now, retailers who have deployed NCR FastLane self-checkout can extend its familiar convenience to shoppers in other parts of the store, thanks to a new solution from NCR Corp. NCR’s FastLane Order and [...]
AriZona Beverages, a category leader in ready-to-drink teas, has added All City NRG to it’s line of green tea based energy drinks. All City NRG is a non-carbonated, completely balanced blend of vitamins, minerals and herbs and contains no preservatives, no artificial colors and no artificial flavors. By combining the goodness of Green Tea with [...]
Even if managing phone calls isn’t a top priority, c-store owners should consider the advantages that a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) system can provide. In addition to providing freedom from escalating phone company bills forever, VoIP can make tasks easier and provide services that may be harder to get or more expensive using a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Experts have long espoused the theory that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s a supposition that foodservice purveyors across the retail spectrum are clinging to as they revamp their foodservice programs focused on upscale coffee programs and product portability. NACS’ 2007 State of the industry numbers show the food category is [...]
The most extraordinary structure is only as strong as it’s weakest link. The same principle applies in business. The higher up the leadership chain that weakness exists the more likely the organization is to crumble. That’s why the companies that are succeeding in the market these days are controlled by innovators that aren’t afraid to [...]