The Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., of Somers, N.Y. ha appointed Eric Llopis as senior vice president and chief strategy officer. In his new role, Llopis will lead the company’s planning efforts and work closely with PBG’s global management team to drive innovation and strengthen and diversify the company’s brand portfolio. He’ll also look to capitalize [...]
Hot Stuff Foods landed top honors in the newest category at the 2008 Packaging Awards ceremony in New Orleans, sponsored by the Foodservice Packaging Institute. Hot Stuff Foods’ new Big Stuff Crowd Pleaser Pizza container captured first place in the newly created category called “The Wow! Factor.” FPI said “The Wow! Factor” award honors foodservice [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court is looking at how big oil companies are handling franchise agreements with thousands of independent gas station owners, Bloomberg news reported. The justices asked the Justice Department this week for advice on a bid by Massachusetts gas station owners to sue Shell Oil Co. and Motiva Enterprises LLC, Bloomberg reported. A [...]
During its third quarter earnings call, Susser Holdings Corp. credited KSS Inc. as a key contributor to the success of its fuels business and noted that they will complete the rollout of PriceNet to the remainder of their network of stores early in the New Year. The Corpus Christi, Texas convenience store chain owns and [...]
With the busiest retail shopping day of the year just over a week away, retailers and shoppers are hoping for an enjoyable holiday season. But the nation’s weakened economy has many law enforcement officials forecasting increased shoplifting and theft–crimes that could lead to lower profits for retailers and higher prices and limited selection for consumers. [...]
By Brian Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, DTN Energy For weeks now, retail gasoline prices have tumbled alongside plummeting crude costs as the current economic blight cuts industrial and commercial demand and triggers conservation efforts by Americans not seen since 1980. The double digit weekly decline rate continued ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, with the Energy [...]
Members of the Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) will celebrate the organization’s fifth year next month when they gather at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville at Universal’s CityWalk in Orlando, Fla. PCATS members are gathering for the annual conference at The Florida Hotel and Conference Center in Orlando that month (from Jan. 26 to Jan. [...]
Celsius calorie burner has been added to the mix at 438 Kum & Go locations in 12 states, the companies said this week. Celsius makers say the product is scientifically formulated and clinically tested to burn up to 100 calories or more per serving. Additions to the Kum & Go stores will include Celsius’ popular [...]
Residents in some Iowa communities will be able to help disabled individuals every time they fill up their car, the Clinton Herald in Clinton, Iowa, reported. The 28th annual Cent-A-Gallon Day is being held Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, at gas stations across the state. For every gallon of fuel sold at participating businesses, one [...]
O’Hara, Pa.-based grocery chain Giant Eagle is using its fuelperks! program to partner with Citizens Bank, offering the bank’s customers pennies-per-gallon savings off fill-ups at Giant Eagle-owned GetGo c-stores, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported. Giant Eagle already partners with Citizens by hosting it as the in-store bank at 55 locations. In the new promotion, Citizens [...]
RaceTrac Petroleum Inc., operator of over 250 retail gasoline convenience stores, has teamed together with Metropolitan Ministries in Florida to hold a holiday food and toy drive through December 24 Metropolitan Ministries, a faith-based and community-supported non-profit organization, is collecting unwrapped toys and nonperishable food items to help local residents this holiday season. Collection bins [...]
Tom LongPresident and Chief Commercial OfficerMillerCoors Since becoming president and chief commercial officer of Miller Brewing Co. in 2006, Tom Long has guided his company through several successful changes, including the joint venture agreement that created MillerCoors last July. Long also made the crucial decision to locate the newly merged company in downtown Chicago instead [...]
J. Michael WalshPresident and CEOCore-Mark Holding Co. Inc. It would be tough to overstate how important the company J. Michael Walsh leads is to the c-store industry. As one of the largest broad-line, full-service distributors of packaged consumer products to the convenience retail industry in North America, Core-Mark provides distribution and logistics services as well [...]
Donald ZietlowPresident and CEOKwik Trip Inc. Kwik Trip CEO Donald Zietlow and his team at the La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip Inc. have built a well-oiled network of facilities and operations that support more than 380 Kwik Trip and Kwik Star stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The Kwik Trip brand started in a small [...]
Robert Myers President and CEOCasey’s General Stores Inc. About 40 years and 1,470 stores later, Casey’s General Stores still prefers those small Midwestern towns. If not for the small-town charm they offer, then at least for the collective $4.8 billion they generated this past year to make Casey’s a leader in the world of convenience. [...]