Sheetz Celebrates The New Year With Free Coffee

Sheetz Celebrates The New Year With Free Coffee

Customers receive free coffee on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a “thank you” from Sheetz. All 408 Sheetz Convenience Restaurants across six states are set to serve customers a free 16-ounce cup of coffee from 4 p.m. Dec. 31 to 4 p.m. Jan. 1, wishing them a Happy New Year. For Sheetz, [...]

Kum & Go Prepares To Enter Colorado Springs

Kum & Go Prepares To Enter Colorado Springs

Several c-stores planned for the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. Midwest convenience store chain Kum & Go, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, is moving ahead with plans to enter the Pikes Peak region, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported. On Tuesday, Dec. 27, Kum & Go purchased two sites from Nor’wood Development Group for a [...]

California Low Carbon Standards Unconstitutional

California Low Carbon Standards Unconstitutional

Court rules that standard excessively restricts interstate commerce. Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has issued a temporary injunction blocking the California low carbon fuels standard. This is welcome news to the California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA) who have described the standard as unjustifiable, costly [...]

Heineken Partners With UEFA Champion League Soccer

Heineken Partners With UEFA Champion League Soccer

At retail, UCL-themed soccer display enhancers will encourage shoppers to text-in for the chance to win Heineken and UCL experiences and prizes. Heineken, a global premium beer brand, and the UEFA Champions League (UCL), the world’s most prestigious soccer club competition, are once again joining forces to bring the spectacular artistry and competition of Champions [...]

Seibert’s Donates to BP’s ‘Fueling Communities’ Program

Seibert’s Donates to BP’s ‘Fueling Communities’ Program

This past June, Seibert’s fueling stations was able to donate over $6,000 to the Richmond Mayor’s Youth Academy, giving the education and youth-based program more support for mentoring and training local children for post-secondary education or vocation. Now, with the support of BP’s “Fueling Communities” Program, the Richmond, Va.-based fuel wholesale, service station, towing and [...]

Robert Schoelkopf, NOCO Energy Corp., Sean Tooley, NOCO Express, Michael Bradley, NOCO Energy Corp., Darla Van Tine, store manager, NOCO Express, Michael Billoni, Food Bank of WNY and Paul Wydro, NOCO Express.

NOCO Express Donates To Food Bank of Western New York

“Fighting hunger in Western New York is important 365 days a year, but the need is especially great during the holidays,” says NOCO executive vice president. Tonawanda-N.Y.-based NOCO Express Stores presented representatives from the Food Bank of Western New York with a donation of $2,126 to help feed those in need this holiday season. From [...]

Altria’s Tobacco Companies Launch Citizens for Tobacco Rights

Altria’s Tobacco Companies Launch Citizens for Tobacco Rights

Website brings together adult tobacco consumers on tobacco public policy issues. Altria’s tobacco operating companies launched Citizens for Tobacco Rights, a Website for adult tobacco consumers who are interested in information and advocacy on tobacco-related public policy issues. Citizens for Tobacco Rights is a group of adult smokers and dippers joining together to get active [...]

Japan Grows C-Store Fleet

Japan Grows C-Store Fleet

Stores opening in 2012 expected to total a fifth more than those opened in 2011. Japan’s five major convenience store operators are set to open more than 3,400 stores in fiscal 2012 as customer traffic increases, Reuters reported. The net increase (openings minus closings) is expected to total 1,880-2,130 stores, up 40-60% compared to fiscal [...]

Heineken Welcomes Colbert

Heineken Welcomes Colbert

Colbert to lead a team of more than 80 sales and marketing professionals. Heineken USA has appointed Jeffrey Colbert as region vice president sales, central region, effective immediately. In his new role, Colbert reports to Scott Blazek, senior vice president of sales, and is responsible for driving HUSA performance and delivering results through the effective [...]

NACS Spends $655,000 Lobbying Government

NACS Spends $655,000 Lobbying Government

The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) spent $655,000 during the third quarter lobbying the federal government on issues related to price gouging, energy policy, credit card fees, tobacco regulation and other key business issues that impact the industry, the Associated Press reported. This year the association also lobbied the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department [...]

Congress Urges EPA to Consider Costly Gas Proposal

Congress Urges EPA to Consider Costly Gas Proposal

A proposed rule to reduce sulfur and other chemicals in gasoline, could reduce U.S. gasoline supplies. Last week, a bipartisan group of almost 70 lawmakers sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to weigh the costs and benefits of a costly proposed rule to reduce sulfur and other [...]

Are Customers Always Right?

Are Customers Always Right?

As anyone even remotely associated with the service industry will tell you the customer is king. But a new book is challenging that theory and takes a critical look at the true value of disgruntled customers. For example, in a retail setting, the squeaky wheel almost always winds up getting the grease. Customers tend to [...]

Local Store Marketing: Key Leaders

Local Store Marketing: Key Leaders

By John Matthews, founder and president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” This adage held true in your first job search and still holds true today in business.  Building and fostering long-term business relationships not only enable you to be connected to the key decision makers in [...]

EZ Energy Sells 18 Stations in Lease-Back Deal

EZ Energy Sells 18 Stations in Lease-Back Deal

The land at two of the gas stations must be purchased before EZ Energy can complete the sale. EZ Energy Ltd., owner of Easy Trip stores, has sold 18 gas stations in the U.S. for $24.5 million in a sale and lease-back deal. The buyer will lease back the properties to EZ Energy USA Inc. [...]

Cumberland Farms Celebrates the New Year With Free Coffee

Cumberland Farms Celebrates the New Year With Free Coffee

Customers welcome in new years with a free cup of Joe. For the fifth consecutive year, Cumberland Farms will offer free coffee starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 until 5 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. An annual community service tradition, Cumberland Farms encourages customers to stop by any one of Cumberland [...]