Distribution and retail software solutions provider Retalix said McLane Company is planning to use the Retalix Traffic Management solution for 19 grocery distribution centers in the U.S. Retalix Traffic Management is a comprehensive inbound freight management solution that interfaces with Retalix and other procurement and warehouse management applications. Orders are imported into the system and…
New York, New License, New Problem …
Enhanced Driver’s Licenses being issued by the State of New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles are lacking bar codes that can be read by the lottery machines that most convenience stores use to help verify ages of tobacco or alcohol purchasers. The New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) said some of its member retailers…
Rutter’s Expands To New Area
Rutter’s Farm Stores is expanding into a sixth central-Pennsylvania county with the opening of a new store opens in Swatara Township in Dauphin County, Pa. It’s the first Dauphin County location for the York County-based retailer. “We’re really thrilled to be a part of Dauphin County and to bring our family-owned business to Swatara Township,…
GPM Investments Selects TNS
GPM Investments LLC has selected Transaction Network Services to provide its FusionPoint solution for a total of 194 Fas Mart and Shore Stop convenience stores across the mid-Atlantic region. Headquartered near Richmond, Va., GMP has 205 corporately owned stores and 145 independent dealers in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Tennessee, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and…
Shell Joins Other Retailers in Tobacco Program
The Iowa attorney general said Shell gas stations are planning to take action to prevent tobacco sales to children at 78 locations in that state, the Associated Press reported. Shell reached an agreement with Iowa and 45 other states to institute policies at more than 13,000 outlets across the nation. It’s the 12th such agreement…
Snus, Sticks, Orbs and Strips (Oh, My)
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco is planning to dive deeper into the smokeless category next year by nationally distributing Camel Snus and introducing in test markets dissolvable alternatives– Camel Sticks, Camel Orbs and Camel Strips. The new products, grouped under the “Camel Dissolvables” banner, were on display at the NACS Show in Chicago. Company officials told CSDecisions…
Murphy Oil Adds RevolutionCard
Murphy Oil USA Inc. is now accepting the interchange-free RevolutionCard at its Murphy USA and Murphy Express locations. Murphy customers who sign up for the card and are approved will receive up to $50, a $10 savings on each of their first 5 purchases of $25 or more, plus an ongoing discount of 3 cents…
Holiday Candy Sales Strong
Despite a turbulent economic environment, more consumers say they are willing to spend money to celebrate the Halloween holiday, according to the Halloween Spending Survey released by Corporate Research International (CRI), a market research and mystery shopping firm that specializes in tracking consumer trends through opinion surveys. The survey shows nearly 75% of consumers who…
Industry Faces Unique Challenges
When NACS was founded in 1961, the convenience and petroleum retailing industry didn’t fit any molds, and didn’t get much respect, said NACS 2008-09 Chairman Sonja Hubbard in accepting the gavel as the new NACS Chairman “How things have changed,” said Hubbard, CEO of Texarkana, Texas-based E-Z Mart Convenience Stores Inc. “Today, we’ve earned respect…
Heartland Inc. Wraps Up Lee Oil Acquisition
Heartland Inc. said it has acquired Middlesboro, Ky.-based Lee Oil Company – including Lee Food Marts and Lee Enterprises – for cash, stock and promissory notes in exchange for 100% of the stock in these businesses. Heartland has now become a company that will have sales in excess of $130 million and a corresponding EBIDTA…