So, the NACS Show is here, and so are you. The Las Vegas Convention Center is huge, with workshops in one direction, 1,200 vendors in the exhibit hall in another direction and crowds everywhere. Where do you begin NACS Reports the best place to start is your closet. “Wear very comfortable shoes,” was one…
Rutter’s Honored in Pa.
Rutter’s Farms Stores has been recognized as Corporate Citizen of the Year by Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries. The award recognizes a business or company for its support of a local public library or consortium of libraries and, by extension, of the entire Pennsylvania library community. This year, the Rutter’s Cos. sponsored the…
Gasoline Prices Pulled Higher by Climbing Crude Costs
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN A sharp increase in wholesale gasoline costs during the first half of October will continue to push retail prices higher across the country through to Halloween, with wholesale costs up roughly 15 percent from the end of September through Oct. 16. Just about all…
IRI Helps Retailers To Better Target Customers
At this week’s NACS Show in Las Vegas, Matt McCourt, director, Convenience Store and Spirits, Information Resources Inc. (IRI) will discuss how convenience store retailers can learn what their customers want most by using sophisticated shopper tracking tools. During his panel presentation, “How Many Is Too Many? Making Your Product Selection Work for…
Valero Energy Corp. Declares Dividends
The Board of Directors of Valero Energy Corporation declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of $0.15 per share on Oct. 15. The dividend is payable Dec. 9, 2009 to holders of record at the close of business on Nov. 11, 2009. The company also stated that if industry…
Popularity of Ethnic Food Grows
Ethnic food sales are on the rise and expected to hit a record $2.2 billion this year, and grow by another 20% between 2010 and 2014, Marketing Daily reported. The estimates came from Mintel, the global research supplier report company, which noted that more than 1 million foreigners have become permanent legal U.S.…
7-Eleven Offers Pink Drinks for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. is offering customers two ways to “drink pink” to support breast cancer research this October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The retailer that sells more than 1 million cups of coffee each day has created a refillable 16-ounce stainless-steel coffee mug with a splash-resistant lid and understated…
Coffee Sales Give Clues About Economy
For those eagerly seeking signs of the recession’s end, Steven Burd, CEO of Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., told the Los Angeles Times to keep an eye on coffee. Speaking to investors about Safeway’s third-quarter profit, Burd said shoppers were starting to trade up to more expensive items after a long period in which…
Super Quik Named Convenience Store of the Year
Super Quik, Inc., based in flatwoods, K.Y., has been honored as 2009 Convenience Store of the Year during the Kentucky Grocers Association/Kentucky Association of Convenience Stores (KGA/KACS) 68th celebration & annual meeting. KGA/KACS is a joint statewide trade association representing about 550 member companies operating in a retail food and convenience marketplace of…
AWMA Real Deal Expo Becomes The AWMA Show
The American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA) has approved a three-year plan for its annual convention and expo that includes a series of changes intended to strengthen the value of the show. The decisions were made at the association’s Sept. 14 board of director’s meeting, where, under the direction of AWMA’s Convention & Expo…