By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor for DTN After nearly two months of gasoline price increases just about every day, wholesale costs moved lower last week, offering a break in the rapid ascent by pump prices for consumers. Most parts of the country saw a double-digit decline in wholesale gasoline costs in the [...]
Pilot Corp. is set to offer GPS Fleet Tracking and Information systems to its Pilot fuel card customers. Pilot Travel Centers LLC, which operates 304 travel centers in 40 states and Pilot Corp., which operates 41 c-stores, primarily in the Knoxville, Tenn., has entered a co-marketing agreement with PROCON Inc. to begin offering [...]
Safeway Inc. owned stores nationwide are offering consumers cost savings through an electronic coupon service. By logging onto AOL’s Shortcuts.com, a free, paperless electronic coupon service that links coupons directly to participating grocery store savings cards, shoppers can save at Safeway Inc.’s 1,554 stores, which are located in 22 states and the District [...]
Kids in more than 250 cities and municipalities across the nation may look forward to their next encounter with police this summer, thanks to 7-Eleven stores’ popular Operation Chill program that rewards positive behavior with a cool treat. Through Operation Chill, law enforcement officers from participating local police and sheriff’s departments can “ticket” [...]
President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law today, giving the FDA unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco, the Associated Press reported. An event is scheduled today in the Rose Garden where Obama is scheduled to sign the bill, which allows the FDA to reduce [...]
Outcast (formerly Fuelcast), Santa Monica, Calif., and AdtekMedia (owner of PumpTop TV), Irvine, Calif., both leaders in the digital out-of-home industry, are launching a new joint venture to create the nation’s largest at-the-pump digital network. The consolidated venture creates a national network with more than 12,600 high-definition large screens in 15 of the [...]
The new FDA bill, which passed both houses and is expected to be signed into law soon, could benefit big tobacco companies, MarketWatch reported. Altria’s Philip Morris USA lobbied heavily for many aspects of the law and could solidify its place as the market leader with new rules that could hurt the [...]
Gulf Oil L.P. has selected Power Management Co., which serves more than 8,000 customers throughout the continental U.S., as its preferred vendor for electricity and natural gas procurement for more than 1,400 gasoline retail centers in the Gulf Branded network. In current economic times, operators not only need to increase revenue streams, but [...]
Jack in the Box Inc. is selling 55 of its 61 Quick Stuff convenience stores and gas stations, and said it plans to sell the rest of the chain by the end of this fiscal year, Reuters reported. San Diego-based Jack in the Box operates about 2,600 quick-service and fast-casual restaurants under the [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores has been playing with its food, all in anticipation of the launch of its $2.99 kids meal. Now available in 36 Rutter’s stores that offer touchscreen ordering, the kids meal features a choice of a grilled cheese sandwich, four-piece chicken nuggets or regular hot dog. The side-dish options are a [...]
Dunkin’ Donuts, Canton, Mass., has signed a multi-unit store development agreement with Giant Oil Inc, Tampa Bay, Fla., and will develop of 12 restaurants in Dayton, Ohio. The first unit will open in 2011, and the rest will open for business within the next five years. In addition to the 12 units [...]
In the court battle between RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Star Scientific, a federal jury decided Tuesday RJ Reynolds did not infringe on two patents claimed by Star Scientific for a tobacco-curing method. Following the ruling, Star Scientific shares lost nearly 80% of their value in late trading, the Associated Press reported. [...]
If you can’t beat them, you might as well join them. That’s just what Molly and Dale Willis did when they got fed up with kids “tagging” the sides of their Edmonton, Calif. c-store with graffiti. To retaliate they called in local graffiti artists to paint the walls and windows of Molly’s Mini [...]
Two-thirds of consumers in Georgia want the right to vote on allowing stores to sell beer, wine and booze on Sunday, according to a recent poll, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. While a free-market Republican caucus that includes several state Senate leaders supports the Sunday vote, and grocery and convenience stores say customers, many [...]
Walmart Stores Inc. is attaching its name to Marketside, the small convenience-size grocery stores it began operating last year. The Phoenix-area stores are now being called Marketside by Walmart. Walmart rebranded its U.S. stores under the Walmart name last year, complete with a new logo that includes a yellow sunburst. Caren [...]