RNCOS, an industry research firm for major industry sectors, has found that the growing working population in the U.S. is boosting the sales at convenience stores. RNCOS recently released its report “U.S. Convenience Stores Market Outlook to 2013,” which shows despite being the major victim of the economic slowdown, the convenience store industry [...]
Fostering determination, desire and a great attitude in employees is what allows cashiers and middle managers to rise in senior management’s eyes. Saturday is my “honey, I’ll do it today” day. To be candid, though, my wife is much better with home repairs than me. We tackled regrouting an entire bathroom and my task was [...]
YoCream introduces new Tropical Tremor flavors under their Jolly Rancher Frozen Beverage brand: Pomegranate, Wild Berry, Mango, Fruit Punch and Sour Green Apple. The exciting new beverages are boldly flavored, less sweet, a little tart and intensely colored. Available for frozen, carbonated and uncarbonated applications, the syrups are packaged in shelf stable bags with a [...]
Republic Tobacco, the country’s number one provider of roll-your-own and make-your-own cigarette tobacco, papers and accessories, is entering the cigar category with the introduction of Gambler Cigars. Gambler Cigars couple fine cigar tobacco with a low per-pack price to provide cigar smokers with a genuine smoking experience within a modest budget. “Cigars are a natural [...]
Diamond Foods’ Emerald Snack Brand offers Bold-Flavored Oven Roasted Peanuts including Barbeque, Wasabi and Chipotle flavors. In addition to being a great source of natural energy, the peanuts have the unique distinction of being “mess free” (no napkins needed). The Emerald Barbeque Oven Roasted Peanuts evoke the outdoors with a combination of sweet honey and [...]
Are your roller grills still bringing consumers into your stores? Today quality, value and a trusted brand are more important than ever. Your customer knows Don Miguel stands for quality and authentic Mexican foods. Don Miguel’s new Mini Monster Battered Taquitos maintain this tradition, which the company began in 1908. Its 3-ounce battered taquitos bring [...]
The growing Optimo line of cigars from Swisher International Inc. now offers customers a Mini Cigarillo size in two extremely popular flavors: Peach and Grape. The Mini Cigarillo size has already proven to be a favorite among customers—and both grape and peach are two of the hottest flavors in the market. Combine this popular size [...]
Built upon a long term relationship, Scripto, America’s first and most trusted brand of utility lighters, and Anheuser-Busch, a dominating industry leader, team up once again to continue their success in the Utility Lighter category by announcing the release of the new Anheuser-Busch Utility Lighter Collection. The Budweiser and Bud Light Wind Resistant Outdoor Utility [...]
Snack Patrol LLC has developed a new snack, called Cheese Jerky®, that combines shredded beef jerky with string cheese. This new product, which is already available in stores across the U.S., offers a previously impossible variation of string cheese. To make this snack, premium beef jerky is shredded, then added to Wisconsin farmstead string cheese. [...]
Electrolux Professional introduces its new High Speed Sandwich Press, which grills sandwiches and wraps with various fillings in half the time of a traditional Panini Grill. What would normally take nearly two minutes, now takes only 40 seconds! The Sandwich Press outperforms any standard sandwich grill by taking a sandwich from 39 degrees to perfectly [...]
New Colgate Wisp gives customers that just brushed clean feeling anytime, anywhere. Colgate Wisp is a single-use mini toothbrush with a breath-freshening bead that allows customers to brush on the go; no water or rinsing required. Its cleaning bristles and soft pick help remove food and particles from between teeth, while the freshening bead dissolves [...]
Cliffstar Corporation introduces new items that promise to set the beverage market on its ear. Cliffstar is the largest private label beverage supplier in the U.S. and currently carries premium juices, teas, nutrient enhanced waters and isotonic thirst quenchers. Thanks to its elaborate, state-of-the art innovation center, Cliffstar is announcing new products available for sale [...]
Rich Products Corp. has pioneered the industry’s first line of fresh bread that can be taken directly from the freezer and baked in the oven, eliminating the time-consuming preparing and proofing process otherwise necessary to make freshly baked bread. Rich’s proprietary “Fresh ‘n Ready” Classic Sandwich Breads, developed over five years of intensive research, are [...]
Pan-Oston, a leader in smart retail counter and checkout solutions, offers a simple kit that enables retailers to unobtrusively and directly assist hearing aid wearers. Shop Hear and Service Hear upgrade kits combine sophisticated electronic induction loop circuitry along with the amplifier, microphone, power, connecting cables and signage to quickly convert any service or checkout [...]