Fundraiser helps send widows of servicemen to the 3rd Annual AWP/Kangaroo Express Golf Tournament and to a skydive event at Raeford Jump Zone. The Pantry Inc. is helping send military widows to an American Widow Project (AWP) Get-Away outside Fayetteville, N.C., for the third consecutive year. The fundraiser launched May 5 in approximately 785 Kangaroo [...]
Today only, customers can enjoy a free Thorntons Legendary Ice Tea when they stop into a participating store. Today, Friday, May 13, customers can go to any participating Thorntons store and receive a free Thorntons Legendary Fresh Brewed Tea. Thorntons Legendary Iced Tea, (both unsweet and sweet) are brewed fresh, and made with 100% filtered [...]
Equipex LLC offers an array of products to fit convenience store operators’ foodservice equipment needs. Products include stainless-steel electric fryers that are compact, portable and easy to disassemble for cleaning and removal, making small portion frying easy and clean. Two-shelf warming displays optimize the counter point-of-purchase (POP) locations for quick and easy impulse purchasing, and [...]
Ruiz Foods and Tornados have announced an on-pack consumer racing promotion featuring Tornados sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup Series No. 39 Chevrolet driver Ryan Newman. Through the end of September, consumers can enter the code printed on the inside of limited-edition, specially-marked boxes of Tornados for a chance to win one of hundreds of prizes. Each [...]
Partnering with FuelQuest, truenorth seeks to reduce overall fuel costs by automating inventory management and optimizing fuel inventory levels. Petroleum distributor and convenience store operator truenorth energy has selected FuelQuest’s Fuel Management System (FMS) and ForeSite to automate its fuel inventory forecasting, planning and dispatching to reduce operating costs, increase fuel margins and improve truck [...]
Customers can upload videos for a chance to win free gas for a year. ConocoPhillips has launched a new brand advertising campaign and 28-week consumer promotion for its Phillips 66 brand gasoline. The campaign highlights Phillip 66 gasoline’s long-standing commitment to produce “the best in performance gasoline,” which is brought to life through the campaign [...]
The tough economy over the last two years may be responsible for a decline in word-of-mouth sharing about brand experiences. Despite an explosion in consumer conversation technology, Americans have cut back substantially since 2008 on the opinions they share by word-of-mouth (WOM) about companies and their offerings, COLLOQUY research shows. Of 3,295 U.S. consumers surveyed [...]
Customers get cents off gas every time they use their MySheetz card. Sheetz has introduced a new loyalty program, rewarding customers with cents off at the pump, Patriot News reported. Only customers don’t have to wait to accrue points to get their prize. Customers simply sign up for and then swipe their MySheetz card at [...]
As upscale coffee programs become available at more convenience stores, retailers need to ensure they have cleaning products they can trust, not only to protect their foodservice equipment investment, but to ensure customers are being served the best products possible. JC 7 Espresso Cleaner (Dairy) was developed to be a top performing cleaner. It was [...]
Freedom Smokeless, a manufacturer of U.S.-made premium brand electronic cigarettes, recently introduced its Elite series rechargeable starter kits with new attractive packaging that is the size of a pack of cigarettes. This product was designed specifically for the convenience store industry, carries a full six-month factory warranty and is available in tobacco and menthol flavors. [...]
“Based on this strong first quarter performance, we are raising our guidance for 2011 for same-store merchandise sales growth to a range of 3.0-5.5%, and we also are raising the lower end of our guidance range for new dealer sites to a minimum of 20,” says Susser CEO. Susser Holdings Corp. released its Q1 2011 [...]
Enhanced zero-calorie water meets customer demand for better-for-you beverages. Tedeschi Food Shops is adding Skinny Water, a zero-calorie enhanced water at all 190 store locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. With the addition of these stores, Skinny Water is now available in 7,486 retail locations nationwide. “As consumers search for ‘healthier-for-you-beverages,’ Skinny [...]
Close to $60,000 raised for local food banks. In just 17 days, the second annual PS Food Mart Charities “Fight Hunger. Give Hope.” campaign beat its fundraising goal by more than $10,000. Employees and customers from 30 PS Food Mart stores across South Central Michigan and Northwest Ohio raised almost $60,000 in support of local [...]
“This store represents all the things we’ve been working on through the years,” says Rutter’s CEO. Rutter’s Farm Stores celebrated the grand opening of its newest store Tuesday, May 10, in Fayetteville, Pa., at U.S. 30 and Pa. 997, Public Opinion News reported. Rutter’s President and CEO Scott Hartman kicked off the festivities by cutting [...]
Beanitos are the first Always Corn-Free, gluten-free, low glycemic bean chips made from whole beans. Launched in 2010 the chips come in original flavors Black Bean and Pinto & Flax, as well as new flavors Chipotle BBQ Black Bean and Cheddar Cheese Pinto Bean. In over 5,000 stores nationally, including Whole Foods Beanitos Bean Chips [...]