Administration continues to push for graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration appealed the February 29, 2012 decision issued by Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon which held that the FDA’s new graphic images and text warnings for cigarette packaging and cigarette advertisements violate free speech protections under the First [...]
Employees Shan Muhammad and Steve Vieira win association awards. VERC Enterprises, which operates 24 convenience stores throughout Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, announced that two of its store managers have earned awards of excellence from the New England Convenience Store Association (NECSA). Shan Muhammad, manager of the VERC Commerce Way Mobil in Plymouth, Mass., has [...]
The 13,000-square-foot center features branded foodservice and a wide variety of convenience items. Pilot Flying J has acquired a travel plaza in Northfield, Minn., and will remodel the Flying J Travel Plaza to feature full amenities for professional drivers and traditional convenience store customers. The center will remain open during remodeling, which is expected to [...]
Some 10,000 sliders will be given away in Panama City Beach, Fla. White Castle is teaming up with Wal-Mart to bring the Original White Castle Slider to Panama City Beach, Fla., during spring break. The Wal-Mart Supercenter in Panama City Beach will host the one day giveaway of 10,000 burgers. The party starts Saturday, March [...]
In conjunction with the ‘Fight Hunger. Give Hope.’ campaign, PS Food Mart is introducing a smart phone application that provides updates on gas prices and current discounts and promotions. PS Food Mart Charities, created by CITGO Marketer Folk Oil, has launched its third annual ‘Fight Hunger. Give Hope.’ campaign, a fundraiser dedicated to supporting local [...]
Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. plans to release its earnings before the market opens on Thursday, March 8, 2012, for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2011 and will host an investor call later that morning. The call is scheduled for Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9 a.m. Pacific time and can be accessed [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. average price for regular grade gasoline spiked to a $3.721 gallon 8-1/2 month high on Feb. 27, and is poised for a further advance despite mixed wholesale costs in early March. Retail prices have never been this high this early [...]
The football punter and resident of Carroll County is set to make appearances at local Jiffy Mart locations. Carroll County, Md. residents can expect to see Sam Koch, the American football punter for the Baltimore Ravens, at the four area Jiffy Mart locations. The Raven’s Punter will be making several live appearances and life-sized cardboard [...]
Hunt Brothers Pizza is teaming up with the Country Music Association a grand prize sweepstakes prize to get customers excited about the new wings offering. Hunt Brothers Pizza is taking snacking to a whole new level with the launch of its new breaded, boneless WingBites. Available in Hunt Brothers Pizza’s exclusive Buffalo and Home Style [...]
“We are interested in products that are on the cutting edge,” says Jean-Marie Bourque, Couche-Tard category manager. On the heels of an impressive 2011 retail expansion, blu Cigs has started 2012 by boosting the number of U.S. retail locations carrying blu to nearly 20,000. Now, the e-cigarette company is celebrating another milestone—expansion into the Canadian [...]
VeriFone to layer Isis interfaces and user experience onto its pre-existing integration at hundreds of thousands of merchant locations in the U.S., alongside traditional payment forms. VeriFone Systems Inc. has announced an agreement with Isis, the joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, to integrate the Isis Mobile Commerce Application in current [...]
Walgreens opened 10 stores during February, including one relocation, and acquired one. Walgreens had February sales of $5.86 billion, an increase of 1.5% from $5.77 billion for the same month in fiscal 2011. This year’s total February sales benefited from one extra day because of leap year. All comparable store sales and prescription figures below [...]
A 15-cents-per-gallon rebate is available for 60 days after customers register online. Speedpass customer appreciation days are back. To express appreciation to customers, ExxonMobil is repeating a favorite promotion of 15-cents-per-gallon rebate of gas purchased with a registered Speedpass account. Beginning today, customers may register their Speedpass accounts at Speedpass.com/save to earn discounts for a [...]
2012 marks the third time Stansfield is recognized by NCA with previous wins 1994 and 2003. Rite Aid Category Manager Val Stansfield received the 2012 Confectionery Leadership Award from the National Confectioners Association (NCA), one of the oldest, most respected confection associations in the world. Awarded annually, recipients must demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviors in business [...]
“Thom Blischok is a recognized expert in the grocery, drug, convenience store and mass retailing space, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have him on our team,” says Les Moeller, senior partner at Booz & Co. Booz & Co., a global management consulting firm, has announced that Thomas Blischok has joined the firm based [...]