As part of the Sam’s Club ongoing commitment to help independent convenience store owners make a profit and simplify their business needs, the company has lowered prices on chocolate bars-the leader among candy sales in c-stores. From Aug. 29-Oct. 10, independent convenience store owners can purchase 48-count boxes of Snickers at a discounted [...]
Kum & Go and XYIENCE, a provider of nutritional products, have named Tim Nolan, a 32-year-old father of four from Omaha, Neb., the winner of the Kum & Go and XYIENCE Harley-Davidson promotion. Nolan’s winning entry was selected randomly from among thousands of entries from Kum & Go customers, who have been submitting [...]
Indiana law has long prohibited the sale of carry-out liquor on Sundays, and has prevented businesses other than liquor stores from selling cold beer. But that could all change after the Indianapolis Legislature Interim Study Committee on Alcoholic Beverages meets later this summer, the Indianapolis Star reported. The committee will be gathering facts [...]
BP has chosen Retail Media Company LLC, a digital signage business based in Los Angeles, as its digital signage provider at the pump and in the c-store. BP selected Retail Media out of a field of competitors during a process that began this July. Retail Media will build a network of screens [...]
Pilot Corp. and Food City are building a new $10 million fuel terminal in Knoxville, Tenn., the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. The facility will procure and distribute gasoline, diesel, ethanol and aviation fuel to Food City Gas’n’Go Fuel Centers in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, and to Pilot Convenience Stores and Pilot Travel Centers [...]
An increase in the annual state application fee for tobacco vendors in New York could cause many of them to stop selling cigarettes and cigars, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported. The whopping 900% increase for small vendors is currently part of the New York state budget. The annual fee is skyrocketing from [...]
Kum & Go President and CEO Kyle Krause recently sat down with the Tulsa World to share some thoughts on his business, the economy and social networking as a way to connect with customers. In addition his career at Kum & Go, Krause also owns Solar Transport, the largest Iowa-based transporter of refined [...]
nFinanSe Inc. and Coinstar E-Payment Services Inc., a subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc., are teaming up to distribute nFinanSe’s reloadable prepaid and gift cards to Coinstar’s Pay as You Go Solution, found at retailers nationwide. The nFinanSe prepaid cards are expected to be available to Coinstar retail partners starting in the last quarter of [...]
BP and Martek Biosciences Corp. have signed a joint development agreement to work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications, BP announced in a press release this week. The partnership will combine a broad technology platform and operational capabilities to convert sugars into biodiesel. “Martek is pleased to partner with [...]
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz is opening a new store in Martinsburg, W.V. today at 5715 Hammonds Mill Road. Employees will host a grand opening celebration with a ribbon cutting ceremony this afternoon at 3:30 p.m., and customers are invited to attend. “For more than 20 years we have been a part of the [...]
The Children’s Volunteer Health Network (CVHN), based in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., is the first winner of the Fueling Good promotion presented by CITGO Petroleum Corp. CVHN provides free health and dental care to uninsured and underinsured children across northwest Florida. Launched this June, the CITGO Fueling Good promotion recognizes and rewards [...]
QuikTrip Corp. has opened a health clinic for its workers in the Kansas City, Mo. area, the Kansas City Star reported. Located in Belton, Mo., the clinic is the second established by the c-store chain. The first was opened two years ago at the company’s headquarters in Tulsa, Okla. The clinic assures [...]
Michigan’s cigarette tax of $2 a pack could grow by another 25 cents, and c-stores are fighting the proposal with a new study, the Detroit Free Press reported. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has proposed the tax. But a recent study conducted by three economists shows the proposal would result in minimal revenue and more smuggling [...]
One Stop Convenience Stores, in conjunction with the West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association (OMEGA), are supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation through a new promotion, The Charleston Gazette reported. As part of the promotion, one penny for every gallon of gas pumped each Tuesday in August at One Stop locations throughout West Virginia [...]
Petroleum Consolidators of America, Inc., West Palm Beach, Fla., a gasoline station and c-store operator has formed a capital raising agreement with a southwest Florida-based broker-dealer for $15,000,000 in financing. The company said it is implementing a targeted acquisition strategy to create a portfolio of consolidated retail gasoline facilities and wholesale fuel distributorships [...]