GKdirect (formerly Lion Uniform Group) is excited to once again offer pink ribbon apparel this year for the annual Fueling Awareness, an Industry United for a Cure campaign. In workplaces across the country, employees will wear company-branded pink ribbon Awareness Apparel to show their commitment to a cure for breast cancer. Many convenience stores large [...]
Sweet, tangy and spicy, Frank’s Redhot Sweet Chili Sauce is an easy and authentic way to add Asian flavor to menus. Made with authentic Thai chili peppers and garlic, this versatile chili sauce can be used to spice up any dish. From dipping sauces to dressings and glazes, it delivers a perfectly balanced kick of [...]
Taylor Co.has introduced the next generation in the Crown Series, the Model C314 Frozen Carbonated Beverage (FCB) Freezer. This modular, counter-top freezer is designed to dispense carbonated slush product in a convenient, pressurized or optional non-pressurized system. Offer your customers four flavors served from lighted, clear plastic dispensing doors to help drive impulse sales. Robust, direct [...]
One week after the National Restaurant Association announced new dates for its annual conference, the National Confectioners Association, sponsor of the SWweets & Snacks Expo, said that the dates of the 2012 EXPO have changed to May 8-10 in an effort to avoid G8 Summit activities happening later in the month. Last week, NATO announced [...]
ConocoPhillips is officially rolling out the KickBack Points Coalition Loyalty Program to branded marketers through a series of Road Show meetings starting today in Seattle. The meeting in Seattle will be the first of 28 Road Show meetings starting on the West Coast, before moving into the other ConocoPhillips markets. This program is a turnkey [...]
Aloha Petroleum Ltd., the Hawaii-based gas retailer and convenience store operator, has unveiled the first ‘ground-up’ version of a new prototype design for its convenience store-fuel sites that highlights the chain’s local roots. Designed by CBX, the strategic branding and retail design consultancy, the 3,000-square-foot store and adjoining gas islands with five pumps opened in [...]
With coffee becoming such an important part of the foodservice offering at convenience stores, retailers need to differentiate their coffee bars to stand apart from the crowd. International Delight’s CoffeeHouse Inspirations can do just that as it introduces real dairy half & half that optimizes and streamlines the coffee bar. International Delight’s CoffeeHouse Inspirations Half [...]
Tops Markets LLC, a 132-store grocery chain based in Williamsville, N.Y., has selected Retalix’s StoreLine point-of-sale (POS) software application to lower the cost of ownership and increase the functionality of its front-end operations. Mike Metz, vice president of information technology at Tops, said he was looking to upgrade its legacy POS software as part of [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores’ exceptionally diverse menu is expanding to include sloppy Joe sandwiches and chicken wings. Chicken wings are now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at most of Rutter’s 56 Central Pennsylvania convenience stores. The wings are available in quantities of 6 or 12 and in 3 flavors: original, hot and [...]
Looking for the next untapped growth market? Try outer space. If humans are ever to live and explore in deep space for extended periods, space gas stations may prove a vital necessity. Toward that end, NASA has awarded contracts to four companies with plans to study how to store and transfer fuel in space, Space.com [...]
Pilot Food Marts has been authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to accept EBT/SNAP benefits at 38 Knoxville-area locations The USDA administers the SNAP federal food assistance program formerly known as the Food Stamp program. SNAP provides low-income households with electronic benefits that are used like a debit card to purchase food [...]
The Food and Drug Administration is warning the makers of melatonin-laced brownies called “Lazy Larry” that it considers them unsafe and could seize the brownies from store shelves if the company continues to make them. Last week the FDA sent the Memphis-based company that makes them, HBB LLC, a warning letter which has been obtained [...]
Snack Patrol’s Cheese Jerky combines premium shredded beef jerky with award-winning farmstead string cheese, offering something new to the market that has never been done before. Often times, string cheese is made from powdered milk, resulting in a much cheaper, bland tasting cheese. Cheese Jerky is made with Grade A milk from Wisconsin cows. Available in [...]
Brakebush Brothers has introduced Chick’N Gone Wild Wings and Boneless Wings featuring Wild Turkey Bourbon Struttin’ Sauce. Created with authentic Wild Turkey Bourbon and a proprietary blend of spices, the wings are sweet, yet smokey with just a hint of brown sugar and molasses. The Struttin’ Sauce comes in a separate pouch, so preparation is [...]
A Mississippi tobacco retailer is questioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plan that will require tobacco makers to include graphic health warnings and graphic images on cigarette packaging and advertisements, “It’s another form of Big Daddy trying to tell people what to do,” said Frank Williams of Gulfport, who owns three Smokey’s Discount Tobacco [...]