This month, 7-Eleven is celebrating the release of the new Transformers movie, by introducing new Bumblebee Blast Slurpee flavor, collectible 3D cups and a refillable mug, character-straws and an online sweepstakes.    The film “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, Inc., debuts in theaters June [...]

Looking to provide convenience store operators with tobacco industry news and information, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has launched www.EngageRJRT.com, a new Web site that provides the company’s retail partners with “anytime” access to tobacco category information, as well as consumer and industry data that retailers can utilize to engage their adult tobacco consumers.   “It’s [...]

By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor for DTN   Across the country, gasoline prices are marching higher into June on a combination of tight supplies in some regions and a broad-based rally by gasoline and crude oil driven by a growing view that the U.S. economy is improving.   Nationally, the average for regular [...]

Coinstar E-Payment Services, a subsidiary of Coinstar Inc., said today it is launching a line of digital entertainment products in U.S. retail locations.   Coinstar has partnered with leading online game companies including Aeria Games, Rixty Inc., Spare Change and Wild Tangent, to offer more than 15 products that provide consumers flexible online spending options. [...]

  Bowling Green, Ky.-based Pan-Oston, a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of retail checkout products has formalized a strategic partnership with Tolt Service Group, a nationally-recognized, single-source provider of managed services for technology equipment used in supermarkets and other enterprises.   Pan-Oston’s Utopia, a self-check solution endorsed by the National Grocers Association, gives independent grocers [...]

  Watch out Atlanta-area c-stores. McDonald’s will be luring coffee-drinking commuters on Wednesday morning, hoping to entice them with its new McCafé line.   The local McDonald’s association will pay the 50-cent toll for Ga. 400 drivers between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Drivers also will be given a card for a free [...]

  Some 43 ExxonMobil On the Run gas stations in Arizona that closed last Friday quickly reopened as Circle K stores, according to azcentral.com.   Many of the stores were converted in as little as 24 hours, while others will take longer. Once reopened, all stores will carry Circle K branded fuel.   Canada-based Alimentation [...]

  Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson said fossil fuels will continue to supply the dominant portion of the world’s energy needs until 2030 and beyond, according to the Wall Street Journal.   Tillerson spoke at at the oil giant’s annual meeting, and assured attendees that despite progress in biofuels, wind and solar, the world may [...]

  Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Oklahoma City,  today announced that Ralin Nespeca has joined the Love’s team as customer contact center manager.   Nespeca comes to Love’s with a master’s degree in business administration from Oklahoma Christian University, and brings a wealth of professional business experience. She has held a variety of positions [...]

  Tampa, Fla.-based LUCKY 777, a program offered by nFinanSe, a financial services company and provider of stored value and prepaid card solutions, is helping hard-working Americans avoid costly check cashing fees.   Through the Lucky 777 program, nFinanSe’s reloadable prepaid cardholders can set up free direct deposit with their employers. Employers will process cardholder [...]

  Atlas Oil Co., Taylor, Mich., is acquiring 33 more retail gas stations/convenience stores in Southwest Chicago and the surrounding suburbs from BP Products North America Inc.   With this purchase, scheduled to close in June, Atlas will operate 113 BP stations in the Chicagoland/Northwest Indiana region and will distribute more than 300,000,000 gallons of fuel annually for [...]

  Rutter’s Farms Stores, which operates 56 c-stores in Pennsylvania, beat out McDonald’s, Burger King and Starbucks, placing first in five categories in the York Sunday News’ 2009 “Best of in the York.”   Rutter’s won first place for coffee (Starbucks ranked No. 2); breakfast-quick service (followed by McDonald’s and Burger King, respectively); lunch-quick service [...]

  Dallas-based Retalix, a global provider of software solutions for retailers and distributors, has entered into a reseller agreement with Tidel Engineering L.P., in order to provide Tidel’s electronic cash management systems to c-store operators.   Under the agreement, Retalix will tightly integrate the Retalix StorePoint point-of-sale (POS) software with Tidel’s Sentinel retail cash security [...]