The popular sandwich franchise sets up shop in some unlikely spots. The SUBWAY restaurant chain announced that a franchisee in Toledo, Ohio, has opened the brand’s 8,000th non-traditional location in a Chrysler and Jeep assembly plant. “Non-traditional Subway restaurants come in all shapes and sizes and can be found just about anywhere,” said Don [...]
Separating upstream and downstream operations will make ConocoPhillips the largest independent refiner in the U.S. ConocoPhillips has announced it plans to split its business in two, separating its upstream and downstream operations, the Wall Street Journal reported. The news that the company will separate its refining-and-marketing assets from its energy and power companies sent shares of [...]
Young’s Food Stores, through the BP Fueling Communities Program, helps local organization get a much needed financial boost. VPS Convenience Store Group, operator of Sumter, S.C.-based Young’s Food Stores, presented a $12,500 grant on Wednesday to the Tuomey Foundation through the BP Fueling Communities Program. Young’s Food Stores and BP partnered to demonstrate their shared [...]
Gas customers who fill up at select locations have the chance to win thousands of dollars in Irving Gift Cards. Irving Oil is offering even more opportunities for customers to save on gas this summer through its Irving Rewards program. Starting this week Irving street teams will be traveling throughout New England offering customers a [...]
After upgrading more than 1,000 convenience stores on the East Coast in record time, 7-Eleven launches its ‘More in Store’ marketing campaign. 7-Eleven Inc. wants residents in the greater New York City, northern and central New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas to come see what they’ve been up to for the last few months. [...]
Customers cash in Slurpee rewards points for concert tickets, try out flavor mixing with 7-Eleven’s new dual-chambered cup. 7-Eleven Inc. is mixing up the 2011 Summer of Slurpee with a mash-up of cool cups, cold concoctions and sold-out concerts. Not only is 7-Eleven encouraging Slurpee flavor-mixing with its MixMaker dual-chambered cup and valve straw, the [...]
Two Texas c-store associations join to form the new Texas Food and Fuel Association. The Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (TPCA) and the Texas Grocery and Convenience Association (TGCA) have agreed to merge, together forming an association called (TFFA), effective Jan. 1, 2012. “The Texas Food and Fuel Association will be the nation’s [...]
Fleet drivers with a Voyager card can now use it to buy fuel at TA and Petro Stopping Center locations. TravelCenters of America LLC (TA) and U.S. Bank have reached agreement where TA will accept Voyager Fleet Systems fuel payment cards. The agreement will allow fleet drivers who hold a Voyager card to make fuel [...]
“Participating in this network broadens the Boss Truck Shop footprint across the country in the truck repair business,” says chairman of Bosselman Inc. Bosselman Inc. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. recently rolled out their new on-highway truck service network, called UNI-MAXX TRUCK CARE. Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Goodyear, and [...]
“Together we can transform the landscape of convenience store retailing while dramatically enhancing the customer experience at the gas island,” says Vendgogh’s vice president of business development. Vendgogh LLC has announced a long-term, strategic partnership with VeriFone intended to promote the sale of Vendgogh’s patented gas island vending solutions to VeriFone’s valued convenience store customers [...]
The NACS State of the Industry of 2010 Data Fact Book is now available. The 24th edition of the NACS Fact Book provides a detailed statistical account of industry data over the past several years — or in some cases, decades — as well as a historical recap of the industry and key definitions and [...]
“Most enterprising storeowners will apply the swipe fee savings to lowering product costs in an effort to be even more competitive in the marketplace,” notes NCASEF chairman. Bruce Maples, the chairman of the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees, in an interview with PYMNTS.com, spoke about the Federal Reserve’s new debit rules and noted [...]
After someone tampers with a gas pump, the SIMMONS ClearView system alerts Martin Eagle Oil to the problem in time to avoid a huge loss of fuel inventory. Denton, Texas-based Martin Eagle Oil saved thousands of dollars in potential fuel loss this month all because it had the foresight to install the SIMMONS ClearView continuous [...]
New database helps pair local charities with unsold merchandise. Retailers in the U.S. have more than $65 Billion worth of inventory annually in an overstocked position, causing a drain on profits and taking time and focus from personnel. The Retail Orphan Initiative (RetailROI) has launched an online charity locator to match up retailers looking to [...]
“This acquisition will enable our companies to accelerate expansion through the powerful combination of each other’s strengths and NCR’s track record of driving transformational change,” says NCR’s chairman and CEO. Duluth, Ga.-based NCR Corp. and Radiant Systems Inc. have announced a definitive agreement for NCR to acquire Radiant Systems, a provider of multichannel point-of-sale (POS) [...]