“ForeSite SV allows me to keep my finger on the pulse of my fuel operations while ForeSite IC allows me to discover inventory variances immediately,” says fuel purchasing specialist for Hy-Vee. FuelQuest Inc., an on-demand software and services company for the global downstream energy industry, is expanding its ForeSite product line with two real-time fuel [...]
Food Lion unveils six new stores it acquired from grocery store chain Bloom, and assures customers it plans to offer as many of Bloom’s key products as possible. The Food Lion is increasing its business in Greenville, S.C., with the opening of six new stores it acquired from grocery chain Bloom. Seven Bloom stores in [...]
Convenience stores look to Nexxus Group solutions for category visibility via scan based trading. Kroger, Holiday Stationstores and GasAmerica all recently separately partnered with Nexxus Group to utilize its scan-based trading programs. Kroger enlisted Nexxus to provide the systems and customer service for scan based trading at its 786 c-stores in 18 states under five [...]
On National Hot Dog Day Thorntons serves up 40 cent hot dogs. July 23 marks National Hot Dog Day, and Thorntons is set to celebrate by offering Ball Park hot dogs with a variety of toppings for less than a dollar at participating stores. Customers are limited to two specially-priced hot dogs upon their visit. [...]
Susser adds six new convenience stores and eight dealer sites in second quarter. Corpus Christi, Texas-based Susser Holdings Corp. expects to report same-store merchandise sales growth for the second quarter of 2011 of approximately 5.8% year-over-year when it releases its second quarter operating results next month. Retail average per-store fuel volumes are expected to increase [...]
By John Matthews, founder and president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc., www.graycatenterprises.com. In today’s tough economy, the fight for share-of-customer by retail stores to effectively capture sales has never been fiercer. Retail stores that sit back and wait for the economy to improve will have a very long road to recovery. Aggressive retailers that go [...]
“Our goal is to exceed our customers’ expectations through our architecture, landscaping and customer service,” says President and CEO Greg Parker. The Parker Cos., a nationally-recognized leader in exclusive fuel and retail services across southeast Georgia and South Carolina, is opening two new stores in the greater Bluffton, S.C. area. The two new fuel and [...]
Irving distributing $1,000 in free gift cards to lucky customers on July 20. Irving Oil is offering even more opportunities for customers to save on gas this summer by taking savings directly to customers through Irving Rewards. Over the next two weeks Irving street teams are traveling throughout New England giving away thousands of dollars [...]
Project delivers improved air quality, reduces dependence on traditional fuels, and helps the region adopt and understand alternative fuels and clean transportation technology. Building on its longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability, multi-format food and fuel retailer Giant Eagle Inc. has unveiled its first two compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations in the Pittsburgh area at [...]
The Petro at Carl’s Corner, which opened in April, celebrates its customers with prizes, food and live music. TravelCenters of America LLC (TA), owner of Petro Stopping Centers, has announced a driver celebration event at its Petro full-service travel center at Exit 374 off I-35 at 101 Cornelius Road North, Carl’s Corner, Texas. The festivities [...]
New alliance helps extend reach of e-cigarette brand. Finiti e-cigarettes has entered into a strategic alliance with Convenience Valet and Advantage Sales & Marketing to represent and distribute its electronic cigarette products. Finiti e-cigarettes will now be available through many distribution partners, including Core-Mark, Eby-Brown, Grocery Supply Co., H.T. Hackney Co., DOT Foods, LibertyUSA and [...]
California customers can enjoy nonfat frozen yogurt and take-home pints of ice cream, as well as new flavors. When President Ronald Reagan created National Ice Cream Day in 1984, Thrifty Ice Cream was already a long established California tradition. Nearly three decades later, Rite Aid’s private brand Thrifty Ice Cream helped Californians celebrate National Ice [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Gasoline in futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange rallied to a better than two-month high midway through July, with the advance underpinned by draw downs from national inventory levels, refinery outages and a weaker U.S. dollar. Technical chart signals also triggered buying in the [...]
Proposed changes by the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board could drastically change how employers interact with their workforce. Recently, both the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced proposals to change rules that could have significant impact on employers. Both sets of proposed changes are consistent [...]
EZ Energy Ltd. has signed a letter of intent and entered into an agreement to acquire 30 U.S. gas stations and c-stores for $50.5 million, plus the inventory cost, which would grow the chain’s footprint to 120 stores, provided the deal closes as scheduled in October. The acquisition agreement, made through Franchise USA LLC, a [...]