Mid-State Petroleum is launching the FuelLinks loyalty program at 10 company-owned Pop Shoppe locations in the Greensboro-High Point and Charlotte, N.C., markets, the company said. Mid-State vice-president Tony Perez said the 10 stores, which are Citgo-branded, are the first phase of a planned rollout to approximately 40 Pop Shoppe locations – including dealer-owned stores – [...]
Hunt Brothers Pizza has launched a new racing-themed Web site, www.hbpRacing.com, which features racing updates, news, driver bios, a photo gallery and more to keep Hunt Brothers fans up to date on their favorite racing team. “This is a very exciting time for our company as Hunt Brothers competes on racing’s biggest stage,” said Scott [...]
Market research gurus at the NPD Group Inc. have released the most recent monthly results from “Fast Checks Study: Consumers Speak Out on the U.S. Economy.” The report shows that consumers are changing their shopping purchase patterns. In July, 34% of consumers said they would not change their purchase behavior, compared to April, when 42% [...]
Petroleum retailers and convenience store operators will need fewer phone lines, enjoy greater security and faster connectivity as a result of a new partnership between Gilbarco and Cybera, the companies said. The two have joined forces to streamline voice, video and financial transaction data communication into a single, secure, converged network. The partnership is targeted [...]
Clark Brands LLC of Naperville, IL and Gilbarco Veeder-Root have entered a strategic alliance that covers point of sale (POS) systems as well as installation services and Gilbarco Fuel Management Services (FMS.) As part of the agreement, Clark and Gilbarco are offering Clark customers a program to upgrade locations that are currently operating G-SITE POS [...]
Showdowns are abounding stateside these days as Tesco’s Fresh & Easy, Wal-Mart’s Marketside and Japanese Famima stores are trying to achieve dominance in the convenience channel. The Orange County Register reported that in Fountain Valley, Calif., Fresh & Easy and Famima are squaring off right across the street from each other. The stores in that [...]
While energy drink sales continue to grow at convenience stores across the nation, the category may not be enjoying the same breakneck pace experienced in the past decade, according to reports from Beverage Digest and brandweek.com. Energy drink volume grew 30% last year, but in June was only up single digits (7%), Beverage Digest reported. [...]
Three privately held companies operate more than 20,000 television screens at thousands of gas stations coast to coast, The Associated Press reported, and those TVs may be driving shoppers to other in-store offerings. "We try to bring some fun to the pump," Roy Reeves, vice president of sales and marketing for California-based PumpTop TV, told [...]
Israel-based EZ Energy Ltd. will buy 15 gas stations and convenience stores and five fuel supply contracts from BP Products North America Inc. for $3.2 million, Globes online reported. The properties are BP’s last remaining gas stations in the Petersburg, Penn., area. EZ Energy said fuel deliveries by the acquired properties totaled 33.1 million gallons [...]
Clark Brands LLC, of Naperville, Ill., and Gilbarco Veeder-Root have entered a strategic alliance that covers point-of-sale systems, installation services and Gilbarco Fuel Management Services, the companies said. As part of the agreement, Clark and Gilbarco are offering Clark customers a program to upgrade locations currently operating G-SITE POS systems to Gilbarco’s Passport POS systems. [...]
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign is playing 30-second political ad spots on pump-top televisions at gas stations throughout Florida, the Palm Beach Post reported. The ads remind viewers of Republican John McCain’s 26 years in Washington and promotes Obama’s energy platform. The Obama campaign will also have supporters at eight gas stations around the [...]
Pennsylvania c-store chain Rutter’s Farm Stores is gearing up for the October opening of its concept store in Penn Township, Pa., The Hanover Evening Sun reported. Made-to-order, omelets, fajitas, wok stir-fry, music and accent lighting will all be key elements at the new location, the newspaper reported. Construction crews will begin work on the 5,200-square-foot [...]
PayByCash announced its Ultimate Game Card, a prepaid card that allows users to purchase premium content for online multi-player games, will now be offered at more than 5,600 7-Eleven locations throughout the U.S. The cards are available in $10 or $20 denominations. PayByCash partnered with InComm to distribute the cards and make them available at [...]
Fresh & Easy said it received more than 10,000 applications for jobs in July, the same month it opened six new stores in its West Coast market. All told, the number of people applying to work at Fresh & Easy nearly quadrupled since May, the company said, adding that it plans to hire another 750 [...]
Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with stealing more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, cracking what officials say appears to be the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever exposed, The New York Times reported. The thieves focused on major national retail chains like OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, BJ’s Wholesale Club, the [...]