7-Eleven Inc. is testing a new mobile marketing campaign in San Diego where customers can text for free stuff. The test runs through Dec. 31, 2009, with some 200 7-Eleven stores participating. During this time, local residents can send an SMS (Short Message Service) text with the word “FAST” (in Spanish, “RAPIDO”) to “72579.” [...]
Wholesale gasoline costs posted sharp declines in most regional markets during the second week of December, driving pump prices at retail outlets lower, with the trend expected to continue through the holidays. Pressuring gasoline prices are slumping crude costs, which can account for as much as 70% of the cost of a gallon of [...]
Wilson Farms stores across New York State are ready to ring in the holiday season with “Bells of Hope,” a month-long fundraiser to support The Salvation Army. Beginning today, Dec. 9, through Jan. 2, Wilson Farms customers may purchase miniature red Salvation Army bells for $1 at any of the chain’s 189 stores. [...]
Transparent Financial Services (TransFS.com), a marketplace for businesses seeking financial services, noted that small retailers may overpay an estimated $73 million for credit card processing during an already tight holiday season. As a result of weak predicted sales, retailers are looking to cut operating costs as much as possible in order to maximize [...]
Transparent Financial Services (TransFS.com), a marketplace for businesses seeking financial services, noted that small retailers may overpay an estimated $73 million for credit card processing during an already tight holiday season. As a result of weak predicted sales, retailers are looking to cut operating costs as much as possible in order to maximize [...]
As foodservice grows to be more and more important in the c-store channel, it’s worth noting The Food Channel’s list of the top 10 food trends to watch for 2010. The Web site released its top 10 for ’10 based on research conducted in conjunction with CultureWaves and the International Food Futurists. According [...]
Stewart’s Shops has kicked off its annual Holiday Match campaign, which continues through Christmas Day, The Poughkeepsie Journal reported. Stewart’s Shops, which operates 327 c-stores in Upstate New York and Vermont will match individual donations made to charity in any of its convenience stores. In 2008, the Holiday Match total reached $1.1 [...]
Univision Communications Inc., a Spanish-language media companyhas introduce the Univision MasterCard Gift Card (Tarjeta de Regalo Univision MasterCard) issued by The Bancorp Bank. The new gift card will provide the U.S. Hispanic community the gift of choice with a secure, flexible and convenient card that can be used anywhere Debit MasterCard is accepted. [...]
Employees at the 25 Five Rivers MetroParks facilities in the greater Dayton, Ohio area recently started collecting used motor oil from service vehicles that maintain the system’s nearly 15,000 acres. They’re recycling the used-oil to generate heat for their offices and workshop. The environmentally friendly effort has spurred neighboring businesses and residents to [...]
BP Products North America Inc. has announced the winner of the BP Younger for Longer Challenge, awarding 30-year-old Rachel Malone of Springfield, Mo., $10,000 in BP gasoline for sharing her inspirational story of how she overcame all odds with her love for running. After battling a brain tumor in her 20s, Malone was [...]
NCR Corporation is significantly expanding its network of DVD-rental kiosks through the acquisition of Campbell, Calif.-based DVDPlay, which operates about 1,300 kiosks in the U.S. and Canada. With the acquisition, NCR expects to operate some 3,800 kiosks by the end of the year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NCR plans [...]
New York City has accused several cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation of secretly defying a court to stop selling untaxed cigarettes to the general public, the New York Post reported. In August, a federal judge ruled that the largest shops on the Poospatuck reservation were to cease the sale of [...]
A new Kum & Go located on Highway 40 in Granby, Colo., is set to open this month, the Sky-Hi Daily News reported. The opening target for the 3,400 square-foot convenience store and gas station is 6 a.m. on Dec. 18. The store will feature heavily insulated glass, LED cooler door lights and [...]
Pearson Fuels will join CALSTART to celebrate the grand opening of the first Ethanol (E85) alternative fuel stations in Pomona, Calif. and Perris, Calif., with special ribbon-cutting ceremonies scheduled for Dec. 16. The Pomona grand opening is set for noon at Foothill Chevron at 100 West Foothill Boulevard in Pomona and at 3:00 [...]
A group of 88 Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station operators, including at least 24 from New Jersey, are suing Exxon Mobil Corp., alleging that the company is delaying deliveries on fuel when prices increase in order to manipulate the price of gas at the pump, NorthJersey.com reported. The 45-page lawsuit filed in [...]