Gasoline prices in California have been inching upward this week, tipping the average price in most communities past $3, Central Valley Business Times reported. At $3.012 California is one of three states with an average gas price exceeding $3-the other two being Alaska at $3.406 and Hawaii at $3.270- according to the American [...]
Circle K Stores of Tempe, Ariz. has purchased 3.2 acres of vacant land in Marana, Ariz., from a private seller for $2.15 million, CoStar Group, a commercial real estate information company reported. Located off I-10 at Ina Road, the newly purchased property surrounds the existing Circle K building at 4500 W. Ina Road, [...]
On Nov. 5 the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on a bill called the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act that would get tough on the illegal sale of tobacco products that takes place through Internet and mail order, NACS reported. The association has been leading a business coalition of retailers [...]
7-Eleven is pulling out of Ottawa and with it goes the chain’s very affordable cellphone service, the Ottawa Citizen reported. The chain sold all six of its Ottawa outlets to Quickie Convenience Stores, an Ottawa-based chain that operates 47 stores across Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. In a statement, 7-Eleven noted its [...]
Bill Klesse, chairman of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA), and CEO and chairman of Valero Energy Corp., testified this week before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, expressing the refining community’s concerns with S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, NACS reported. “The implications of this [...]
After c-stores endured several quarters of decline in customer purchases caused by a struggling economy, a new report by the NPD Group’s Convenience Store Monitor shows consumers have returned to buying a larger variety of products from the stores in the second quarter of 2009, Food Product Design reported. According to the report, [...]
As bakery offerings continue to grow in c-stores, it’s crucial to know what types of products consumers are opting for and how trends are progressing. What’s in Store 2010, the recently released annual trends report from the International Dairy•Deli•Bakery Association (IDDBA), offers a clear look at consumer activity in the bakery sector. The [...]
Can c-stores play a role in helping to deter vandalism on Halloween? Police in Quincy, Mass., seem to think so. The Police Department in Quincy, Mass. has asked local convenience store operators not to sell eggs and shaving cream to minors on Halloween this Saturday, the Patriot Ledger reported. At the 7-Eleven [...]
Noco Energy Corp. is using Buffalo-based McCullagh Coffee to supply coffee to 29 Noco convenience store locations, Business First of Buffalo reported. The coffee will be sold under the Nickel City Roast brand name at various Noco Express locations in the Buffalo region. “Our people have worked hard to produce a uniquely-blended [...]
Teammates from the 11U division of the Ramsey Baseball and Softball Association enjoy the grand opening of Quick Chek located at 40 N.J. State Route 17 North, Ramsey, N.J. Quick Chek, which operates locations throughout New Jersey and southern New York, just celebrated the grand opening of its 121st store located at 40 N.J. [...]
Coinstar E-Payment Services, a subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. is expanding its Pay As You Go product offerings to meet the demands of the growing digital entertainment and financial services categories. In the digital entertainment category, Coinstar is expanding its prepaid offerings with a new Amazon MP3-branded Gift Card. Coinstar is also adding the [...]
At the NACS Show, NACS President and CEO Hank announced two bold initiatives – a new program to nurture and grow foodservice excellence among convenience retailers and a massive advocacy effort . The opportunity to dramatically grow foodservice sales, which already account for nearly one in every seven dollars spent inside convenience stores, [...]
Cumberland Farms, Framingham, Mass., is accepting applications from eligible 2010 high school graduates for its Believe and Achieve Scholarship program. This is the fourth year the chain has been able to provide individual $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors bound for college. The Believe and Achieve Scholarship program is open to [...]
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz has settled out of court with Coronet Foods of Wheeling, W. Va., which allegedly supplied the chain with salmonella-tainted tomatoes that sickened more than 400 customers in 2004, the Associated Press reported. Coronet Foods, a food wholesaler, acknowledged supplying the tomatoes that were sold by Sheetz on sandwiches and other [...]
To complement its steadily growing line of 7-Select private-label products as well as the fresh-baked-daily items in its bakery case, some 5,700 participating 7-Eleven stores are adding 15 packaged bakery items under the company’s private-label brand. Snack cakes and pies, mini-donuts and breakfast pastries fill in the snack category for consumers who prefer [...]