7-Eleven doubles its numbers from 2003 to 46,000 total stores After breaking both international and domestic store growth records last year, 7-Eleven Inc. plans to have even more growth in 2012. Last year, the chain added more than 4,600 stores throughout the world. About 600 of these stores were built, acquired or transitioned from another [...]
Veeder-Root acquired the assets of Catlow Inc., based in Tipp City, Ohio. Catlow is a manufacturer of petroleum dispensing equipment, serving the global market with a broad range of nozzles, swivels, breakaways and other hanging hardware components. Catlow’s customers include large regional retailers in North America, Petroleum Equipment Industry (PEI) distributors and commercial and industrial [...]
Recent surveys show that Americans still want to buy gasoline, though they are cutting spending levels in other retail areas. Empathica Inc., a global provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions to more than 200 of the world’s respected brands, announced Thursday that its Consumer Insights Panel survey of 6,500 U.S. consumers found that consumers [...]
Kellogg’s is creating excitement toward the London 2012 Olympic Games with its Cereal-in-a-Cup packages. The packages don’t just promote the 2012 Olympic Games; consumers can be a part of it with the U.S. Olympic Instant Win Game on the packages. The promotion’s grand prize is a trip for four to the U.S. Olympic Training Center [...]
Kellogg’s Convenience Team changed its packaging for its Cheez-It Snack Mixes to better reflect the product and better market the snack crackers to convenience store consumers. Although the packaging changed, Cheez-It fans can expect the same flavor from the snack. Cheez-It snacks are the No. 1 cracker brand in convenience stores, driving more than 39% [...]
Findings from a new Catalina report underscore the importance of reaching and motivating the right customers when introducing new products. A new report published by Catalina, a provider of precise consumer-driven marketing, finds that only a tiny fraction of shoppers determine the success of new Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) product launches. The report explores the [...]
Safeway’s Just for U digital savings is an easy-to-use online and mobile savings tool that offers a fast and convenient way to save money through relevant coupons and personalized offers. To make grocery shopping easier and provide great savings, Safeway has launched the Just for U program in the company’s Oregon and Washington divisions. Just [...]
Reports find that about one in every eight stores in Virginia sells tobacco or alcohol to underage buyers. The Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) now has a program to see if alcohol and tobacco retailers follow the law when it comes to selling to underage buyers. The state conducted more than 9,700 underage [...]
CITGO invests $1.5 million to support local non-profit organizations that will improve job development, education, health and environment. CITGO Petroleum Corp. and its Corpus Christi, Texas refinery plan to invest $1.5 million in the Hillcrest, Texas Community to give aid to non-profit organizations that support the neighborhood. CITGO executives greeted the community on May 17 [...]
Team Oil presents scholarships to five high school seniors. Team Oil Inc. President Eric Huppert and his wife, Michele, have given five $1,000 scholarships to high school students on May 16 at the Spring Valley High School Awards Night. High school recipients included Corey Schlosser, Bailey Bednarek, Kiernan Schlegel, Laura Robey and Austin Jacobson. Team [...]
Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association has partnered with OSHA. The Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (IPCA) is hoping to limit violent injuries and fatalities at convenience stores throughout the state. IPCA has signed an agreement with the Indiana Department of Labor to promote this specific effort. The Indiana Department of Labor [...]
Event raises $20,000 for injured service men and women. For the second consecutive year, Hoshizaki America Inc. hosted a scramble golf event benefiting the Wounded Warriors Project: an organization that raises aid for severely injured service men and women. The event was held on Friday, May 11 at White Water Country Club, Fayetteville, Ga. More [...]
“We are disappointed that the Agriculture Committee denied our request to testify at either of the commodity hearings,” says NCA president. The House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities & Risk Management finished two days of Farm Bill hearings today with no mention of the outdated and costly U.S. sugar program. The National Confectioners [...]
“Every transaction represents a new opportunity to create an optimal shopping experience for our customers,” says president of MAPCO Express. MAPCO Express has partnered with Odysii Inc., a global provider of marketing intelligence software solutions for one-on-one marketing and suggestive selling at the point-of-purchase. MAPCO is using Odysii’s suggestive selling platform to take suggestive selling [...]
Love’s to open a “state-of-the-art” travel stop in Davenport, making it the third Love’s store in Iowa, says Greg Love. Loves is building a new convenience store and fast food restaurant in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center in northwest Davenport. Love’s Travel Stops will build the new facility in the industrial park on Northwest Boulevard, [...]