Coffee-and-donut king Dunkin’ Donuts has launched "Bases Loaded," a summer iced beverage promotion that will give customers a chance to win dozens of great prizes through an in-store and online program. The promotion is licensed by MLB.com, the Major League Baseball Players Association, select teams and players and 2K Sports. For every Dunkin’ Donuts cold [...]
MasterCard Worldwide has agreed to pay $1.8 billion to credit card rival American Express as part of a settlement related to a 2004 antitrust lawsuit, The New York Times reported. Seven months ago, credit card juggernaut Visa paid more than $2.1 billion to American Express to put similar claims behind it as it raced ahead [...]
The Supreme Court this week slashed the punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster from $2.5 billion to $500 million, while Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson responded by saying the company has redoubled its efforts to protect the environment ever since the incident. The court ruled that victims of the country’s worst oil spill [...]
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is planning to hire 750 employees in the next three months in its West Coast stores as a part of a continued expansion, the Tesco subsidiary announced. The company will open its 62nd store in Manhattan Beach, Calif., next week, adding to the existing lineup of Fresh & Easy locations [...]
Dallas-based 7-Eleven is turning this summer season into all things Slurpee as it ties promotions for the iconic frozen beverage into everything from blockbuster movies and videogames to online Web contests and concert tours. The barrage of promotions are also pairing the Slurpee with comic books, sports personalities, social networking, teen film-making competitions and street [...]
A federal judge sided with a group of convenience store owners this week and granted them a temporary restraining order against Toledo’s new law requiring the business to be licensed for $250 a year and install security cameras, the Toledo Blade reported. U.S. District Judge James Carr granted the motion after three convenience store owners [...]
Miller Brewing Co. of Milwaukee, Wis., is planning a national rollout of MGD 64, a 64-calorie version of the Miller Genuine Draft Light brand, in response to what Miller CEO Tom Long said was "broad-based geographic growth" for the brand in test markets, mediapost.com reported. In a message this week to Miller’s distributors, Long said [...]
As gasoline prices continue to rise and market conditions lead more retailers to require cash customers to pay before pumping, Sheetz has rolled out a new card that allows their cash customers to pump first. The Pump First card is being introduced to Sheetz stores in Pennsylvania’s Hagerstown and Frederick areas and Martinsburg, W.Va., area. [...]
Microsoft’s OEM Embedded Sales Division named Gilbarco Veeder-Root the winner of its Partner Excellence Award for Microsoft’s specialized service products at the Tech-Ed Developer Conference on June 4. The award recognizes the technical excellence of Gilbarco’s application of the Microsoft platform in its fully integrated Passport POS system. It uses Windows Server for Embedded Systems [...]
Ruiz Foods, the nation’s largest frozen Mexican food manufacturer and maker of the El Monterey brand, has been ranked first among the Top 10 Hispanic-owned manufacturing companies in California, according to Hispanic Business Magazine, the publication that oversees the rankings. The magazine also ranked the company third among the Top 500 U.S. Hispanic-owned manufacturing companies [...]
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger Co. has reported total sales increased 11.5% to $23.1 billion for the first quarter ending May 2008, while identical supermarket sales increased 9.2% with fuel and 5.8% without fuel. The company’s net earnings in the first quarter totaled $386 million, compared to $336 million last year. “Our strategy positions us well to [...]
Wawa Inc. today announced the launch of Hoagiefest, a harmonious campaign celebrating the almighty hoagie with special price promotions and summer-long events. A different Wawa shorti will be featured every two weeks for just $2.99, and just to bring the love and serenity imbued in every hoagie bite to its loyal customers, Wawa has created [...]
A legislative deal being considered by the New York Senate and Assembly would make it illegal for tobacco manufacturers to sell cigarettes to any wholesaler who won’t stop selling tax-free cigarettes to Indian retailers, The Buffalo News reported. Supporters believe the law could result in the state reaping more than $400 million in cigarette excise [...]
Add Gulf Oil LP to the list of companies flirting with plans to snatch up some of the sites ExxonMobil is looking to shed as it exits the petroleum retail business. Amid Exxon’s announcement this month that it’s selling its remaining 820 company-owned gas stations, as well as another 1,400 dealers-operated outfits, retailers like Couche-Tard [...]
Canada-based Irving Oil has purchased eight of 39 Neighbors convenience stores in Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire, The Recorder in Greenfield, Mass., reported. Irving spokesman Lars Trodson didn’t disclose the purchase price for the eight locations, saying Irving never discusses the amount decided between two private companies. The stores, which are now owned and operated [...]