The Coca-Cola Co.’s new, recyclable plastic bottle made partially from plants and called the “PlantBottle” is hitting store shelves globally, the beverage giant said Monday, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The new bottle is made from a blend of petroleum-based materials and up to 30% plant-based materials through a process that turns [...]
On Tuesday, Cumberland Farms’ newest remodeled store in Plainville, Mass., donated 20 cents of every ChillZone beverage or cup of coffee sold to King Philip Regional High School, as part of its grand opening celebration, The Sun Chronicle reported. Cumberland Farms said it hoped to raise at least $1,000 for the school. [...]
KSS Inc. has become a member of the Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS). Bob Stein, president and chief executive officer of KSS, says that joining PCATS is necessary to ensure a simplified, plug-in-play integration between KSS’ pricing systems and most point-of-sale (POS) and back-office platforms. “There is a lot of [...]
Quickie Convenience Stores now are offering Revive Energy Mints by RyLo Products. Revive Energy Mints are a new product in the energy supplement market, are were featured in the NACS Cool New Products section at the NACS Show in Las Vegas this October. The product offers consumers the same amount of energy [...]
A new study by RitterAssociates, 22% of coffee drinkers that are on-the-go, opt to visit a c-store for their coffee. According to the survey, more than half of coffee drinking occasions take place outside of the home, and taste is the number one deciding factor followed by value and convenience. “We Americans [...]
Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN American motorists should expect little fluctuation in gasoline prices this week across most of the country after pump prices slipped in early November, with the bias to the downside. There are a number of exceptions, with retail prices in the Midwest seen halting their slide and [...]
Giant Eagle is making it easier to acquire gift vouchers with the launch of its new GifterGo program. GifterGo is a new online service that enables customers to purchase gift vouchers conveniently from their PC for a wide variety of local and community merchants, the Pittsburgh-based supermarket retailer, which also has 153 fuel [...]
Beginning Nov. 16, 7-Eleven customers who visit stores or the retailer’s Web site may find clues about its end-of-year fresh foods and beverage deals, which are part of a Sherlock Holmes promotion that coincides with the film release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Sherlock Holmes. As part of the promotion, leading up to the [...]
Tornados, a brand of Dinuba, Calif.-based Ruiz Foods, Inc., has partnered with Stewart-Haas Racing. Tornados now will adorn Ryan Newman’s No. 39 Chevrolet Impala as a primary sponsor for five Sprint Cup races in 2010, and when not serving as a primary, will take associate sponsor status on the car’s lower-rear quarterpanel. [...]
Casey’s is acquiring the three Green Lantern c-stores-including the fuel islands and attached car washes-based in Salina, Kan., effective Dec. 9, according to KSAL News. Green Lanterns officials noted the stores will be under the ownership of Casey’s Retail Company of Ankeny, Iowa and will also operate as Casey’s General Stores. With this [...]
Ross Born, Co-CEO of Just Born Inc., has been inducted into The Candy Hall of Fame in Tampa, Fla. The Candy Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of industry leaders from across the world, each year inducting up to 12 people, selected from numerous nominations of candy brokers, sales personnel, manufacturers, retail buyers, [...]
The CITGO Corpus Christi refinery has been honored with two 2009 Save Energy Now Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program, which oversees the Save Energy Now program, recently announced the winners at the World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington, D.C. The [...]
By John Lofstock, Editor Southside Oil Co., operator of the Uppy’s convenience stores in Virginia, emerged today as the big winner of Exxon Mobil Corp’s retail assets in Maryland and Delaware, Convenience Store Decisions has learned. The decision was announced today in a conference call with dealers and bidders for the assets. In [...]
Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (Getty) announced today the restructuring of its business as part of its ongoing efforts to rationalize assets, eliminate parent-guaranteed debt and reduce operating costs. Under the restructuring, Getty has sold all assets unrelated to the 890 properties leased from Getty Realty Corp. Getty also announced additional steps to manage [...]
John Ferguson, chairman of Suncor Energy Inc., announced the appointment of Dominic D’Alessandro and Jacques Lamarre to the company’s Board of Directors. Dominic D’Alessandro retired as president and CEO of Manulife Financial Corporation earlier this year, a position he held from 1994 to 2009. Before that he held a number of executive positions [...]