Radiant’s solution makes it quick and easy for c-store customers to complete transactions. Kwik Trip Inc., a Wisconsin-based petroleum and convenience store retailer with 425 locations, has enlisted Radiant Systems Inc. to equip its sites with the company’s Radiant Point-of-Sale (RPOS) software, Tiger Fuel Controllers and P1560 POS terminals. Radiant Systems not only develops innovative [...]
“TransNational offers a full slate of payment products for non-petroleum merchants combined with a level of support Clark is pleased to recommend,” said Clark Brands president. Clark Brands LLC has selected TransNational Processing Inc. as a referral partner to provide credit and payments services to non-petroleum customers. Under the terms of an agreement signed in [...]
Some 94 retail petroleum properties in 13 states are available to buyers interested in purchasing some or all of the assets. Pacific Convenience & Fuels LLC has selected real estate services and investment firm Grubb & Ellis Co.’s Petroleum Services Group to market 94 retail petroleum assets located across 13 states. The Petroleum Services Group [...]
Pemmican Beef Jerky customers can still enter to win the $5,000 grand prize. Marfood USA’s Pemmican Brand Beef Jerky has awarded its $1,000 weekly Giveaway to six families who are part of the U.S. Armed Services. Elizabeth Johnson of Sun City West, Ariz., purchased Pemmican Brand Beef Jerky from Luke Air Force Base just before [...]
Business changes and competitive landscapes are shifting faster now than at any time in history. The rate of change has accelerated due to the ubiquity of the Internet, the availability of low cost-high speed computers and, most recently, the proliferation of smart phones and the popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The [...]
It sounds like a couple of obvious questions, but when these questions are asked to executives at a convenience store chain, the wide array of answers may surprise you. Most execs generally know how a company arrived at its present state. However, dig deeper and many will tell you they arrived at their current destination [...]
Teaming with Ready Training Inc. and Targeted Solutions, Honey Farms to use new E-Learning curriculum to train employees. Honey Farms has launched a new partnership to bring on-line training services to its employees. The company is working with Ready Training Inc. (RTO), a full-service on-line training company, and Targeted Solutions, a convenience petroleum consulting company, [...]
KSS Fuels’ RackPrice to help manage fuel prices for Western Refining Wholesale. Western Refining Wholesale, a division of Western Refining Inc., an independent refining and marketing company headquartered in El Paso, Texas, is set to use KSS Fuels’ RackPrice wholesale pricing solution to help it manage fuel prices at its wholesale locations. Western Refining is [...]
More than 2,000 new SunPass cash-reloading locations are now available in Florida. SunPass customers can now reload their accounts using cash and view their account balance at more than 2,000 epay locations in Florida. SunPass is Florida’s electronic prepaid toll program, and is accepted on all toll roads and nearly all bridges in the Sunshine [...]
Jeff Dezen Public Relations to provide guidance on communications, assist with event planning. Richmond, Va.-based Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS), one of ExxonMobil’s largest consortiums of retailers in the U.S., has selected Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) to be the company’s PR consulting group. “The strategic insights of the professionals at JDPR already are demonstrating value [...]
The New York retailer reports more than a 50% increase in Xenergy sales during 2010 promotion. NOCO Express, a convenience store chain with 34 locations in New York, and XYIENCE ended 2010 on a successful note: a 58% increase in sales for Xenergy, XYIENCE’s sugar and calorie-free energy drink brand. The sales spike resulted from [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores, Convenience Store Decisions’ 2010 Convenience Store Chain of the Year, has promoted Robert Perkins to vice president of marketing. Perkins, who joined Rutter’s in 2007, had been director of marketing. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the convenience retail industry in the areas of marketing, sales, business development and operations. [...]
While ethanol advocacy groups cheer on the decision, some organizations have strong concerns. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended a waiver allowing higher ethanol concentrations in fuel for 2007 and later model year cars and trucks to 2001-2006 model year vehicles, Oil & Gas Journal reported. Waivers, however, won’t be granted for fuels [...]
Funding assists with the opening of innovative microlender’s first West Coast branch. In an effort to support broad-based economic development in California, Chevron Corp. has committed $1 million to Grameen America, an innovative microfinance organization founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus. The funds are intended to support the launch of Grameen America’s first [...]
Morgan Spurlock’s New Movie, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, puts Sheetz in the spotlight. Sheetz Inc. made its international film debut Saturday in Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, a parody of how corporate sponsorship, product placement and advertising are proliferating nearly every aspect of life in America. Sheetz was one of 15 companies [...]