For the second year in a row, RaceTrac, one of the Southeast’s leading convenience store companies, will honor Moms by offering its customers a free 22-ounce coffee mug featuring a special Mother’s Day design. On May 3, customers can stop by any of the 242 RaceTrac locations in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas and pick [...]
Three industry associations are partnering on a groundbreaking research effort to identify more effective and profitable opportunities in confections. Details of the study, which was spearheaded by The Hershey Co. and Eby-Brown, were announced at a press conference at the All Candy Expo Wednesday in Chicago. The study is intended to help generate increased sales [...]
Vienna Beef, maker of premium beef frankfurters is entering the rapidly expanding natural products marketplace with the introduction of an all natural frank. ViennaBeef AllNaturalFranksare the fi rst for 115 year-old Vienna Beef and allows the company to enter the highly competitive all natural foods category, which is expected to grow 63% to more than [...]
The new Cummins JetWeigh Cash Settlement System combines three impressive tools: a high-speed currency scanner, an accurate coin scale and an intelligent terminal with integral printer to streamline cash till processing, reduce employee reconciliation time and improve managerial effectiveness. What’s more, the footprint of the system is just over one square foot. Altogether, there are [...]
Engobi, the market’s first caffeine-infused snack chip, is poised to launch an exciting new era of snacking. Engobi’s Energy Go Bites is rolling out to stores this month in two deliciously perky flavors, Cinnamon Surge and Lemon Lift. According to the chip’s maker, Rudolph Foods, a 1.5-ounce, single-serving bag contains approximately 140 milligrams of caffeine. [...]
Smucker’s, America’s most recognized brand of jams and jellies, now offers Smucker’s Peanut Butter in convenient portion-control packaging. The perfect complement to retailer’s in-store foodservice offering, Smucker’s creamy peanut butter is a favorite on bagels, toast and pancakes. For more than a century, Smucker Foodservice has put its heart into every little thing it does, [...]
Gold Medal Products presents its new ribbon element fryers. The fryers use a ribbon element to cook as opposed to the traditional heat element. The ribbon fryers have the same footprint as the heat element fryers, but they have a deeper tank for more oil capacity and quicker recovery time while cooking. The rectangular shape [...]
Accurate, error-free management of fuel inventory in aboveground storage tanks at tank farms and bulk-storage facilities has never been easier than it is now with OPW Fuel Management Systems’ new SiteSentinel iSite automatic tank-gauging system. The iSite system provides site operators with a revolutionary new solution that is easy to use and install, while it [...]
Mars Direct Inc., a division of Mars Snackfood US, reached a licensing partnership with Major League Baseball Properties to create the new My Team M&M’S Brand Chocolate Candies. MY Team M&M’S features the team logos of any of the 30 Major League Baseball Clubs on M&M’S. MY Team M&M’S give fans a fun and delicious [...]
Dynatabs Energy Support are natural dietary supplements in fast-dissolving, great-tasting, fun- to-take convenient strips offering consumers that extra boost of energy. Its unique oral strip format allows for the strip to dissolve quickly on the tongue so customers don’t need any water. They’re packed in ultra-thin pocket-pack dispensers making them convenient to carry around. Taking [...]
Prairie City Bakery offers retailers the foodservice bulk bakery solutions they need, with the right size packages, right now to meet the needs of their morning bakery case customers. Its foodservice bulk bakery solutions in four-packs and new white box donut six-packs are the ideal morning solution. The cinnamon rolls, muffins, danishes and doughnuts are [...]
Drinkin’ Mate is nature’s answer to alcohol’s unpleasant side effects. Made with all-natural guava leaf extract, Drinkin’ Mate maintains balance in the body and defends against headaches, queasy stomach and dehydration. Media testing was conducted in five markets during the fall of 2007 to determine the most effective methods of establishing awareness with 21-to-44-year-old males. [...]
Electronics Line USA launched the ETV 5 Flex Video Recorder that allows more flexibility and data integration opportunities for retailers. The ETV 5 is a combined network video recorder/digital video recorder that boasts real-time exception-based reporting, remote access, centralized management, support for up to 32 traditional and IP cameras, better-than-broadcast quality images, as well as [...]
With foodservice becoming a more important part of convenience store operators’ in-store operations, Wright Breakfast Sausage, from Tyson Foods Inc., will complement any menu, even beyond breakfast. With consumers eating breakfast all day long, sausage is perfect for any daypart. Anytime menu items such as the Monterey Sausage Wrap help capture the clockless trend of [...]
Del Monte proudly presents the first line of USDA-certified organic pickles in five varieties. The new organic pickle line-up, which promises to pack a powerful punch to any picnic platter, includes Sweet Bread & Butter Chips, Dill Burger Slices, Kosher Dill Whole Pickles, Kosher Dill Baby Pickles and Kosher Dill Spears. These organic products feature [...]