Newcastle Importers, exclusive importer of Newcastle Brown Ale, America’s No. 1 imported ale, announces the launch of Newcastle Summer Ale, a limited release seasonal offering created to offer consumers a new refreshing blend from Newcastle and on-premise accounts the opportunity to grow their import sales during the summer’s warmer months. Summer Ale will debut [...]
Folks in Newburyport, Mass., love their White Hen Pantry, so much so, more than 2,000 customers have signed a petition asking that the local c-store be allowed to stay, Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. reported. The White Hen in question, located about four blocks from Market Square, serves as a market for thousands of [...]
As part of the Sam’s Club 100 Days of Summer commitment to help independent c-store owners make a profit, Gatorade is providing free equipment with bulk purchases of Gatorade. Using the equipment, products can be organized into a secondary product display, which serves as an attractive attention-grabber for customers. Through May 1, [...]
Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, headquartered in Enon, Ohio, has been named the top gasoline brand in the 2009 EquiTrend Brand Study conducted by Harris Interactive, the Springfield News-Sun reported. The annual online study measured 1,120 brands across 39 categories. The survey data was based on categories, such as familiarity, quality, brand expectations and trust. [...]
Server Products, Richfield, Wis., a manufacturer of foodservice dispensing and merchandising equipment, recently appointed Kris Falkner to the position of president. Kris is the third generation of the founding family to run the company. Server was founded by her grandfather, the late Al Wickesberg, and most recently led for many years by her [...]
Chevron Corp., San Ramon, Calif., has appointed R. Hewitt Pate as vice president and general counsel effective Aug. 3. Pate, 47, will succeed and report to Chevron’s current general counsel, Charles James, who was named executive vice president earlier this year. As Chevron’s chief legal officer, Pate will direct the company’s worldwide legal [...]
Pepsi Max and 7-Eleven stores are sponsoring World Wresting Entertainment’s Aug. 23 pay-per-view SummerSlam event, which will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Brandweek reported. Surrounding the event, 7-Eleven will launch a four-week nationwide storefront branding campaign beginning July 31 and running throughout August at more than 5,400 locations. [...]
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P., Tulsa, Okla., has been approved to purchase almost all assets of Longhorn Partners Pipeline L.P. by the bankruptcy court. The closing date was set for yesterday, July 29. Longhorn Partners Pipeline is a 700-mile common carrier pipeline system that transports refined petroleum products from Houston to El Paso, Texas. [...]
Sheetz has deployed Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition and Teradata Data Mart Appliance from Pentaho Corp., a commerical open source alternative for business intelligence. The application serves users across multiple departments, providing self-service access to corporate data to drive company performance, EarthTimes reported. Altoona-Penn.- based Sheetz Inc. operates 350 c-stores across Pennsylvania, [...]
Denver-based Go Fast Sports and Beverage Co. is now distributing Go Fast 16-ounce cans in the Kansas City region. For the past four years, Go Fast Regular and Go Fast Light have been available in 8.4-ounce and 11.9-ounce cans. Strong sales and demand, has inspired Central States Beverage to expand the Go Fast beverage [...]
Sitting atop the growing liquid energy shot category by a substantial margin, 5-Hour Energy seeks to continue its category dominance with the introduction of its newest flavor, Grape, in late September. Founded in 2004, 5-Hour Energy is a 2-ounce energy shot that provides hours of energy with no crash* or jitters through a [...]
Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Gasoline pump prices will head higher during the final week of July, driven by double digit gains in most wholesale metropolitan markets that were again pulled up by renewed optimism over the economy. Wholesale gasoline costs accelerated higher last week on second quarter corporate earnings [...]
Following a recent news release issued by the FDA stating its stance on electronic cigarette products, Ecigarettesnational.com has released its response. It asserts the agency only tested two different brands. What many e-cigarette users say is important about these brands is that they are made by the two manufacturers currently suing the FDA [...]
Supervalu Inc. is reducing its fiscal 2010 outlook and has sold the majority of its Albertsons stores in Utah to Salt Lake City-based Associated Food Stores Inc., St. Louis Business Journal reported. Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu, the parent company of the St. Louis-based Save-A-Lot and Shop ‘n Save grocery chains, reported net earnings [...]
At the end of June, BP’s production had increased 4%–the equivalent of more than 4 million barrels of oil–in three months, compared to the same period in 2008. In addition, the $2 billion reduction in cash costs the company predicted for 2009 has already been exceeded and a further $1 billion saving is [...]