By Lance Winslow Have you considered doing a complete analysis of your commercial property to determine whether each component has been placed in the correct asset category to maximize depreciation? Applying the Cost Segregation Depreciation Method utilizing an on-site engineering-based study to accomplish this objective can ensure that property, renovations, and improvements are put into [...]
A $6,500 grant was presented to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. At Handee Marts’ Annual Meeting and Trade Show Dinner, Handee Marts President & CEO Mike Triantafellou, presented a grant check for $6,500 to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. Foundation President Greg Barrett was in attendance and accepted the check on behalf of [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the importance of moving toward a clean energy economy and breaking the country’s unsustainable dependence on foreign oil while visiting a Thorntons convenience store that markets E-85 fuel. “Flex-fuel pumps give Americans a choice to purchase domestically produced renewable transportation fuels,” Vilsack said. “The Obama Administration is working to transform [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores topped several 2010 Best of York categories, as voted on by readers’ of the York Daily Record, including best milk, and best quick serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Rutter’s coffee finished second among voters in the “Best Coffee” category. “Our customers have proven time and time again to be our greatest resource [...]
The National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees came out today urging the owners of its 4,900 franchise-owned stores, their nearly 40,000 employees, and their customers to contact their elected representatives by visiting www.unfaircreditcardfees.com which provides individuals with the advocacy tools necessary for communicating their support of the Fed’s current rulemaking process in swipe fee [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN For the first time since late March, the Energy Information Administration’s U.S. average for all formulations of regular grade gasoline fell during the week-ended May 16, easing 0.5 cents from a 32-month high to $3.960 gallon. The last time the average fell was during the week-ended [...]
Food broker improves product placement and sales with detailed planograms for perishable products. Action West Group, a food broker specializing in the representation of both branded and corporate brand perishable retail grocery product lines, has partnered with Aldata Solution, a global provider of retail and distribution improvement software. Action West is using the Apollo Space [...]
Since 1994, “Rite Aid employees and customers have demonstrated their commitment to children’s health year after year, raising an impressive $50 million since that time,” says CEO of Children’s Miracle Network. Drug store chain Rite Aid has raised more than $50 million for children’s hospitals since becoming a partner in 1994, the Children’s Miracle Network [...]
GoGo Cast Go-Screen’s to deliver leading digital merchandising technology that enhances point-of-purchase product promotions at more than 2,500 locations. Gulf Oil L.P. and GoGo Cast Inc., a provider in dynamic content and digital merchandising in the Digital Out of Home (DOOH) space, have started an in-store collaboration that calls for select installations of GoGo Cast’s [...]
“Our post‐show survey results indicate that we are going in the right direction with a majority of both exhibitors and distributors rating the 2011 show as providing more value than previous shows,” says AWMA CEO. The American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA) 2011 Show attracted more attendees than any show they have held since the [...]
Anheuser-Busch has appointed Manny Zayas to vice president, convenience stores, National Retail Sales. Zayas is a seasoned executive who brings a wealth of experience from multiple industries—with nearly 20 years in Consumer Product Group (CPG) industries, and 13 of those years dedicated to direct-store-delivery (DSD) beverages. He has held sales, category management and sales [...]
“Combining Dresser Wayne’s help desk capabilities with 4tech’s support resources will result in better service delivery, and we will be able to offer enhanced project planning and installation services,” says Dresser Wayne spokesperson. Dresser Wayne, a global innovator of fuel dispensers and technologies, has acquired the assets of 4tech AS, a fuel tank measurement system [...]
Retailers are flocking to Congress again, for a final push to see swipe fee reform enacted. The retail industry launched a new campaign Wednesday, May 18, to protect a federal law that reduces interchange fees. The effort is an attempt to combat the massive lobbying attacks by the banking industry that aim to delay and [...]
Remodeled c-store features a new design and welcomes customers with free coffee and fountain beverages during its grand opening celebration. Thorntons celebrated the grand re-opening of its store location at 906 N. Main Street, Bloomington, Ill., on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Thorntons currently operates 163 stores throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio. Customers visiting [...]
Competition pits store against store and customer against customer for a chance to win 25-cent dispensed beverages for an entire month. Kum and Go is encouraging customers to purchase fountain drinks in an effort to boost their store to the top spot in a dispensed beverage competition that spans eight regions, for a chance to [...]