Excentus Corp. this week filed a lawsuit against Safeway Inc. and Safeway subsidiaries, including Blackhawk Network Inc., Blackhawk Marketing LLC and Randalls/Tom Thumb in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Abilene, alleging willful and deliberate patent infringement and the misappropriation and theft of trade secrets, among other things. The lawsuit [...]
The Central States Air Resource Agencies (CenSARA), through its Blue Skyways Collaborative, is partnering with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate a Green Gas Stations Pilot Program. The program was created to encourage voluntary air emissions reduction in North America’s heartland, is offering The Green Gas Station Request for Projects, which [...]
This summer Gulf Oil L.P, Framingham, Mass., is offering several promotions to thank drivers, as well as to support its network of gasoline retail centers. The company is also branching into online and social media tools, such as Facebook,to reach a new audience as it continues its growth. The first promotion, “Making [...]
Ten lucky recipients will receive $1,000 each toward achieving a higher education this fall as part E-Z MART’s scholarship program. The scholarship was created to recognize and support the Dependant Children or Dependents of Current Employees who demonstrate the desire to obtain higher education upon completing High School. It is funded by E-Z [...]
Pan-Oston, Bowling Green, Ky., has released its newest sales tool for distributor customers. This Web-based C-Flex Order Configurator is designed to help distributor sales professionals take off and configure the exact C-Flex counter system for their customers’ convenience store, accurately price it and, when approved, automatically transmit the order to Pan-Oston. The [...]
The oil company Flying J Inc., Ogden, Utah, has decided to close seven of its restaurants because of poor economic conditions, the Associated Press reported. The locations set to close include restaurants in Payson, Utah; Bessemer, Ala.; Commerce, Ga.; Lubbock, Texas; and three in Wyoming-Cokeville, Evanston and Casper. These stores will continue selling [...]
On July 24, the federal minimum wage will be increasing 11% to $7.25 an hour, the last in a three-step increase, CNN Money reported. Some states’ minimum wage exceeds the federal mandated wage, and companies like Burger King Holdings Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. are likely to find it more difficult to absorb the [...]
Dunkin’ Donuts has released a new Web site called, Dunkin’ Run, along with an iPhone application that is designed to help customers suggest and then submit group orders online, Computerworld Daily reported. “We conceived of Dunkin’ Run as a social application that helps hard-working Americans stay slightly more productive,” said Baba Shetty, chief [...]
First Data, an electronic commerce and payment processing services company, is set to supply Sheetz Inc., which operates 350 c-stores throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina, with the GO-Tag payment technology solution. Using the GO-Tag solution, consumers can make purchases by tapping their sticker on a contactless reader, making [...]
Hoshizaki America Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., has introduced two new Cuber Ice Machines, the KM-260B_H and the KM-201B_H. The KM-260B_H produces up to 263 pounds of ice per 24 hours and offers 100 pounds of built-in storage. The KM-201B_H produces up to 201 pounds of ice per 24 hours and has 80 pounds of [...]
Hoshizaki America Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., has introduced two new Cuber Ice Machines, the KM-260B_H and the KM-201B_H. The KM-260B_H produces up to 263 pounds of ice per 24 hours and offers 100 pounds of built-in storage. The KM-201B_H produces up to 201 pounds of ice per 24 hours and has 80 pounds of [...]
CITGO Petroleum Corp., Houston, is rewarding local heroes who do good work in their communities with its new FuelingGood program, which launched June 1. The program will continue through the end of the year and will reward CITGO gift cards to the people who do the most good. To be considered for the [...]
President Obama has signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which had already passed in both the House and the Senate, at an event at the Rose Garden. The new law will give the FDA the power to regulate tobacco. President Obama, who started smoking as a teenager and has [...]
Customers at a Shell service station are the first in the world to fill their tanks with gasoline containing advanced biofuel made from wheat straw. From June 10 to July 10, the regular gasoline purchased at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Canada will contain 10% cellulosic ethanol. The biofuel is produced locally [...]
Wal-Mart can say its prices are unbeatable, but its annual savings claim has got to go, or so said The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (NAD) when they were asked to review the ads by H-E-B Grocery Co. L.P., a competing food and drug retailers. NAD, the advertising [...]