Learn More about PCI Compliance at NACS

Learn More about PCI Compliance at NACS

  Gilbarco Veeder-Root will be hosting independent PCI consulting firms Coalfire IT Audit and Compliance and W. Capra Consulting Group at NACS.    Retailers and their Gilbarco Veeder-Root distributors who have prescheduled appointments will receive 45 minutes of free consulting time, personalized PCI risk assessments and advice on PCI DSS, PA-DSS, and PED plans for [...]

Sheetz Adds IDM system

Sheetz Adds IDM system

  Sheetz has been testing Gilbarco’s Wisdom Intelligent Device Management (IDM) system at multiple sites since May. Pending sustained favorable results seen in the preliminary tests, Sheetz anticipates rolling the solution to all 360 sites across their enterprise.   “IDM ties our reporting systems and controls together, while giving us peace of mind that every [...]

McLane Recognized by Food Logistics

McLane Recognized by Food Logistics

  McLane Grocery, a division of McLane Company Inc.’s New Jersey division has received Food Logistics‘ Golden Pallet award for foodservice distribution in the convenience store wholesaler category, Reuters reported.   The annual Golden Pallet Awards, sponsored by Food Logistics magazine, are the first industry awards to recognize excellence in warehousing. The award for foodservice distribution [...]

Los Angeles Proposes C-store Restriction

Los Angeles Proposes C-store Restriction

  New regulations are being discussed in South Los Angeles to limited the development of new c-stores due to the link between snack foods (found in abundance at c-stores) and obesity in poor communities, the Los Angeles Times reported.    The proposed regulations expand on last year’s restrictions on new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile [...]

New Quick Chek Store Donates to Volunteer Fire Department

New Quick Chek Store Donates to Volunteer Fire Department

  Quick Chek Store Leader Kahtan Barsbay (center) presents the donation to the Wantage Township Volunteer Fire Department along with District Leader Liz Sachtleben (to the right of Barsbay) and Leader in Training Donna Ehrmas (far right). To conclude the celebration of its latest store opening in Wantage, N.J., Quick   Chek presented a donation totaling [...]

Convenience Industry Takes Center Stage

Convenience Industry Takes Center Stage

Tips, thoughts and reminders to enhance your NACS Show experience. Move over Ringling Brothers because the NACS Show is indeed “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Beyond the night life, parties, shows and the glitter of the Las Vegas lights lies, by far, the best and most comprehensive trade show and conference in the industry for [...]

FDA Clarifies Tobacco Ban

FDA Clarifies Tobacco Ban

Flavored products including cigarettes, RYO and loose tobaccos and rolling papers are no longer legal in U.S. stores; administration said it would look at “little cigars” and similar products on a “case-by-case basis.” The smoking lamp on the majority of flavored tobacco products sold in convenience stores has been extinguished, but the ruling has ignited [...]

FDA Seeks Injunction Against Rel’s Foods

FDA Seeks Injunction Against Rel’s Foods

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Rel’s Foods Inc. of Oakland, Calif., seeking to stop the company from manufacturing, producing and selling adulterated food products.   The complaint also names Rel’s Vice President, Peder Scott Sorensen, and [...]

Luke Oil Logo in Legal Limbo

Luke Oil Logo in Legal Limbo

    Hobart, Ind.-based Luke Oil adopted a new logo to symbolize its commitment to customer service, but the chain may have inadvertently replicated a logo stamped on products that are judged kosher, reported the Northwest Indiana Times.   The company is changing the logo, after an Orthodox Jewish group filed a trademark infringement suit [...]