Some 40 kiosks will roll out at grocery stores in Nevada, offering customers an easy way to renew car registration and perform other DMV related tasks from their local grocery store. Nevada has approved a 10-year, $27.6 million contract to install kiosks in grocery stores statewide where Nevada residents can renew car registrations, extend drivers [...]
New multi-year renewal extends decade long relationship. Citi has announced a multi-year renewal of its long-standing U.S. credit card relationship with Shell. Citi has issued Shell branded credit cards since 1999. Shell has more than 14,000 Shell-branded stations in the U.S., the largest branded station network in the country. Citi provides Shell consumer and commercial [...]
Panhandlers and loiterers move on as classical music fills the air around store. A United Dairy Farmers (UDF) convenience store in Columbus, Ohio, found a unique solution to what was a growing problem with loitering outside its location. UDF began blasting classical music, which can reportedly be heard all the way down the [...]
There are endless perks and possibilities for convenience store chains of all sizes that embrace self delivery. By Pat Pape, Contributing Editor. In the highly competitive convenience store industry, retailers must constantly search out new ways to control expenses, boost profits and improve margins. For chains of a certain size, self-distribution has the potential to [...]
Red Eagle cites the economy and an inability to collect money it was owed for its Chapter 11 status. Red Eagle Oil Inc., a Cody, W.Y.-based fuel distribution business and chain of gas stations/convenience stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Aug. 1 in Wyoming’s federal bankruptcy court, citing millions of dollars of debt, the [...]
Retailers with comments on tobacco regulations, risk, etc., have a chance to present their views to the FDA’s Center for Tobacco (CTP) products: 1. Public Workshop on Modified Risk Tobacco Product Applications (MRTP) This workshop <http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/NewsEvents/ucm268472.htm> will provide an opportunity to discuss issues pertinent to the scientific evaluation of MRTP applications. Aug. 25 – 26, [...]
Master-Bilt, manufacturer of a full line of commercial refrigeration systems for over 70 years has appointed Steve Asay as National Accounts Manager-Refrigeration, effective immediately. Prior to his appointment with Master-Bilt, Asay served as vice president sales and marketing for Kairak/ITW. With his many years of experience in the refrigeration industry, Asay’s primary goal with Master-Bilt [...]
“With the number of flex fuel vehicles growing, and as cities like Corpus Christi push to find ways to improve air quality and make renewable resources a focus, Stripes will offer E85 fuel at more locations if we find that consumers demand that option,” says Stripes’ CEO. The newest Stripes Convenience Store location, located on [...]
Understanding average sales per customer can stop employee theft in its tracks. By Jim Callahan. Human resources guru Mel Kleiman preaches that 20% of employees are basically honest, 20% are basically dishonest and the rest tend to gravitate toward the middle—depending on how management handles the dishonest employees. The following is designed to identify and [...]
Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Wholesale gasoline costs mostly moved higher through the week-ended Monday (8/15) in major metropolitan markets across the U.S., paring steep declines incurred earlier in August amid heavy selling that had gripped markets of all stripes, and reached the panic level at some points. Macroeconomic signals continue to [...]
Each store’s solar system will generate over 160,000 kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually and provide significant savings in energy costs. The Kroger Co. has tapped Affordable Solar to install two solar systems on the roofs of Smith’s Food and Drug Centers Inc., a division of Kroger. These projects are part Kroger’s solar pilot program [...]
“We are eager to open this newest location and give our customers there a bigger, better in-store experience,” says president and CEO of Sheetz. Sheetz is opening its first new store in Hagerstown, Md., in more than 10 years today, Thursday, Aug. 18. Customers today are lining up to be one of the first 50 [...]
“We felt it was a good time to make these important contributions to the communities we serve,” says GPM Investments spokesperson. GPM Investments LLC, which operates both the Fas Mart and Shore Stop convenience store chains, has raised $80,000 and allocated $40,000 worth of coffee for donation to 16 local charity organizations located throughout the [...]
Consumers swipe new Lucky Rewards Cards at checkout to earn savings on fuel redeemable at participating Shell stations. Lucky Supermarkets announced that beginning Aug.22, consumers who shop at any of its greater Bay Area stores using their new Lucky Rewards Card can now earn significant discounts on fuel redeemable at participating Shell stations. Consumers can [...]
Whether prepared fresh on site or delivered daily from a third-party commissary,sandwiches provide convenience stores the flexibility to promote a diverse menu. By Joe Bush, Contributing Editor. Russell’s Convenience Stores got lucky in the mid-1990s when an upstart bakery approached the chain about selling its sandwiches at the chain’s company-owned locations. Russell’s, based in Denver, [...]