A controversial proposal is moving rapidly through the State House in Iowa, which if approved would allow all gas stations in the state to sell hard liquor in the main aisles, along side everyday products. Supporters say this will reduce the burden and expense placed on small business owners, while making liquor more available [...]
Chevron Global Marketing, San Ramon, Calif., has started a new marketing campaign, using newly created ads to promote its Texaco branded fuels. The ads showcase people who know and love their cars, are driven by performance and trust only one brand of fuel: Texaco with Techron. The new ads continue to reinforce the “people in [...]
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said a proposal to up the gas tax by 3 cents a gallon in his state was worth considering, even though the law would go against his 2006 campaign promise not to raise the gas tax in his second term, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported. Doyle said the state probably should [...]
Heineken USA’s Heineken with a Heart initiative has succeeded in raising more than $520,000 in donations for more than 50 local charities and non-profit organizations since its inception in 2007. The milestone was reached in the last two months as the company hosted Heineken with a Heart events in New York, Tampa, Atlanta, Chicago and [...]
Circle K said that Gilbarco Veeder-Root will be providing FlexPay Encrypting PIN Pad field upgrades for more than 2,000 Circle K locations in the U.S., as well as Encore S dispensers to upgrade its legacy dispensers to achieve PCI compliance. The award-winning FlexPay EPP hardware is Payment Card Industry Encrypting PIN Pad (PCI EPP) [...]
New York could be the first state to adopt a ban on cigarette sales in drugs stores, supermarkets and big-box stores with pharmacies, such as Wal-Mart. A bill is currently being debated in Albany, N.Y., that if approved by both chambers and signed by Democratic Gov. David Paterson, would ban cigarettes in pharmacies and [...]
Tobacco legislation is picking up speed in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) added the House-approved version of FDA tobacco legislation to the Senate calendar Monday, a sign the Senate may not wait for a tobacco bill emerging from the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, before debating the bill from the House. [...]
Circle K customers can now purchase their everyday items more quickly and conveniently using MasterCard PayPass at select stores across the U.S. “For more than 50 years, Circle K has remained one of North America’s most popular places to shop because we continually look for innovative ways to improve the customer experience in our [...]
Giant Eagle Inc. reached a deal to purchase 25 of ARID’s PERMEATOR gasoline vapor containment systems for its GetGo convenience stores and gas stations in the Pittsburgh and Cleveland metropolitan areas. Giant Eagle joins a growing list of petroleum retailers who have chosen the PERMEATOR to reduce emissions and conserve fuel. PERMEATOR will help [...]
Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol today to debate a cigarette tax that many hope will prevent a surge in car-tag costs in the state. The House and Senate have been stalled on a decision about the tax, with the Senate proposing a 64-cent cigarette tax–the average of the surrounding states–and the House suggesting [...]
The 2008 Educational Matching Gift Program, lead by ExxonMobil Foundation, presented more than $36 million in donations to 900 colleges and universities nationwide with help from the company’s employees, retirees, surviving spouses and directors, who made more than 8,500 contributions totaling more than $11 million. ExxonMobil matched their contributions with more than $25 million [...]
More than 500 students tested the boundaries of fuel efficiency this past weekend at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Houston. Students designed, build and then raced their vehicles around a track, in an attempt to travel the farthest on the least amount of fuel. The team from Laval University achieved 2,757.1 miles [...]
Recognizing that consumers are struggling to purchase tobacco products following this month’s hefty increase in the federal excise taxes, South Boston, Va.-based American Smokeless Tobacco LLC announced its 2009 economic stimulus package. American Smokeless, the only independent manufacturer of pasturized snus in five flavors in the U.S., will reduce the price on Discreet snus [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor for DTN Nationally, retail gasoline prices at major metropolitan markets will edge higher this week on mostly modest increases in wholesale markets. In the lower Northeast however, prices at the pump are expected to see sharper increases following greater pass through costs due to an outage [...]
Recognizing that consumers are struggling to purchase tobacco products following last month’s hefty increase in the federal excise taxes, South Bostan, Va.-based American Smokeless Tobacco LLC announced its 2009 economic stimulus package. American Smokless, the only independent manufacturer of pasturized snus in five flavors in the U.S., will reduce the price on Discreet snus [...]