Generational differences have contributed to a steady decline in consumer brand loyalty when purchasing gasoline, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. According to NPD’s Motor Fuels Index, which tracks consumer motor fuel purchasing behaviors, older consumers, those over 65, have always been more likely to limit brand choice to [...]
Minneapolis-based Global Ethanol is suing Andover, Kan.-based Presta Oil, alleging the company failed to fulfill a contract to purchase ethanol, the Wichita Eagle reported. The lawsuit states that Presta Oil neglected to pay for shipments of ethanol in 2008 valued at more than $205,000, and refused to accept seven shipments of ethanol later [...]
First Data, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing services, and RSA, the Security Division of EMC have teamed up to provide a new service called First Data Secure Transaction ManagementSM. The service is engineered to enable merchants to secure payment card data and remove it from their environment while allowing [...]
Energy Recruiters (ERI) has added three new consultants to its Executive Recruiting Team. The Bonita Springs, Fla.-based company specializes in recruitment for the petroleum industry, covering the complete supply chain from refining through retail/end user. Its new consultants will be serving clients in the Convenience Retail and Petroleum Marketing sectors. “Our ability [...]
Michael White, chief of international businesses, director and chairman at PepsiCo Inc. has announced his plans to retire at the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported. During his career at Pepsi Co., White led negotiations for the company’s $7.8 billion acquisition of its two biggest independent bottlers and Pepsi Co. [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores, headquartered in York, Pa., has updated its Web site to provide more benefits to mobile customers. Web site visitors now can join the new Rutter’s Rewards program; download a free Rutter’s iPhone application or Rutter’s ringtone; connect to Rutter’s presences on Facebook and Twitter; sign up to receive the latest [...]
Quick Chek, the family-operated chain of 120 fresh food stores in New Jersey and southern New York, is installing and testing self-checkout lanes equipped with note and coin recycling capabilities at its Phillipsburg, N.J., store located at 600 New Brunswick Ave. The chain partnered with NCR Corporation, a global technology leader in self-checkouts [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores, headquartered in York, Pa., has introduced its Rutter’s Rewards card. With the tagline “See the Icon, Buy the Product, Earn the Reward!,” Rutter’s Rewards allows customers to earn cents off gasoline every time they purchase any one of the of hundreds of everyday items bearing a special display icon. For [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor for Telvent DTN Retail gasoline prices will edge higher in most metropolitan markets this week following a bump up in wholesale costs midway through September, with the advance sparked by an increase in crude oil prices. Crude oil prices rallied to the low $70s per barrel on [...]
7-Eleven Inc. has appointed Bill Merrigan to serve as the vice president of logistics for its 6,200-store chain in the U.S. and Canada. Merrigan, who was most recently vice president of Global Supply Chain for International Paper in Tennessee, will report to Kevin Elliott, 7-Eleven’s senior vice president of merchandising, marketing and [...]
Sam’s Club has introduced paperless coupons and eValues through its Membership benefit program. Now available nationwide, eValues provides personalized savings on hundreds of items, including fresh foods, health and beauty products, office supplies as well as other goods and services available at Sam’s Club locations. The eValue benefit is included in both [...]
The Pantry Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Edwin Holman, a current director, as Chairman of the Board. Holman will succeed Peter Sodini, who is retiring from the company and Board of Directors effective Sept. 25. The Pantry, headquartered in Cary, N.C., operates 1,677 stores in 11 states under select banners, including Kangaroo [...]
Publix just opened its 13th Pix gas station and convenience store in north Lakeland, Fla, 13 Central Florida News reported. Publix Super Markets started in 1930, and is the largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the U.S. The chain began adding Pix c-stores in 2001, which are still being tweaked. “We’re still [...]
The Oneida Indian Nation’s Sav-On gas stations are about to begin selling cigarettes manufactured by the nation itself, the Syracuse, N.Y. Post-Standard reported. The Oneida Indian Nation sells $34 million in untaxed cigarettes each year. In Oct. 2008, it purchased a cigarette manufacturing plant in Erie County for $6.6 million, two months after [...]