IBM and Retalix announced a partnership to deliver a new, highly-integrated system management solution for grocery and convenience store retailers. As part of a global initiative, the two companies will develop and market an integrated solution designed to provide a new way for clients to centrally manage their point-of-sale systems, applications and other elements of [...]
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The Iowa Lottery Board voted today to drop a claim of nearly $500,000 against a Cedar Rapids amusement company in anticipation of settling a lawsuit over the state’s ban on TouchPlay gambling machines. Camden Amusements had sued the state in Linn County District Court after the Iowa Legislature in May 2006 pulled the plug on [...]
VERC Enterprises, an independent convenience store and gasoline station operator in New England, presented the Cold Spring Elementary School in Plymouth with a check for $500, a grant made possible through the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program. The $500 grant can be used for a broad range of academic enhancement or sports programs. Since 2000, the [...]
TravelCenters of America LLC (TA) has extended its supply agreement with Bridgestone Firestone for truck tires through Dec. 31, 2014. TA will supply its fleet and owner-operator customers with Bridgestone Firestone and other leading truck tires at sites it operates across the U.S. and Canada. The "TravelCenters of America" and "Petro: Lube" branded truck repair [...]
Cody’s Convenience Stores acquired six bankrupt Express Lane stores, making it the second-largest owner of convenience stores in southwest Missouri. With the purchase, which closed in bankruptcy court Dec. 28, Cody’s surpassed fellow Springfield-based chain Rapid Roberts’ 23 area stores. Cody’s portfolio now comprises 25 stores, second to West Des Moines, Iowa-based Kum & Go’s [...]
United Refining Co. the Warren, Pa.-based operator of 371 Kwik Fill/Red Apple and Country Fair convenience stores in western New York and western Pennsylvania, reported net sales for the three months ending Nov. 30, 2007 jumped $109 million to $693.6 million, an increase of 18.6% over the same quarter for 2006. The company, which also [...]
THE CONVENIENCE STORE INDUSTRY makes for a very competitive climate. With the vast number of convenience chains in business-not to mention the impinging presence of hypermarts- making a store’s presence known in a busy market can be very diffi cult. Ed Marszal and Liz Pritchard, co-owners of California Retail Management (CRM), discovered this when they [...]
Atlas Oil Co., a Taylor, Mich.-based fuel marketer, has acquired five convenience stores in Battle Creek, Mich., from R & J Inc. and has folded that company into its own retail segment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction essentially buys out the ownership stake of R & J partners Richard Folk and [...]
Many Kwik King Food Stores will get a new name, new look and new gasoline provider in the coming weeks. That’s because they have new owners. Bill Tuck, the co-owner and chief executive of Kwik King told The Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner that the convenience store company has sold 19 of its 49 stores. Sam Patidar [...]
Despite unchanging consumer demand and fickle consumer tastes, the market for frozen desserts is expected to grow by more than $4 billion by 2012, according to The U.S. Market for Ice Cream and Related Frozen Desserts, a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts. Dollar sales continue to grow annually, but not because Americans [...]
Tidel Engineering, L.P., a provider of cash management systems and robbery prevention products, celebrates its 30th anniversary. Originally a subsidiary of The Southland Corp., (7-Eleven’s parent company), Tidel introduced robbery prevention cash controllers to the convenience store industry in 1978. Tidel’s cash management solutions have since expanded to virtually all varieties of retail stores. "Tidel [...]
Kum & Go, L.C., one of the nation’s leading convenience store chains, is proud to announce that Kevin Krause has joined the Iowa-based, family-owned company as its new senior vice president of marketing. Krause has been involved with the Kum & Go organization for 20 years as a director and has extensive store operations experience. [...]
<p>Kum & Go, L.C., one of the nation’s leading convenience store chains, is proud to announce that Kevin Krause has joined the Iowa-based, family-owned company as its new senior vice president of marketing. <p> Krause has been involved with the Kum & Go organization for 20 years as a director and has extensive store operations [...]
A Must Read for all your cashiers! First, it is an established fact that getting ahead in the convenience store industry is much, much easier than in most any other industry. While we absolutely believe in the value of a good education–indeed many company’s help fund continuing education for their employees, our industry does not [...]