Month-long campaign to benefit 32 children’s hospitals. Now through Oct. 31, Valero Corner Store employees will ask customers to purchase $1 or $5 Miracle Balloon icons to raise funds for 32 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The icons include a coupon for savings on goods in the stores, providing customers an extra incentive to make the [...]
By combining the rich experience of Shell Oil with family-owned ingenuity, truenorth convenience stores is poised for a breakout year. By: John Lofstock. There aren’t too many 93-year-old oil companies that have enjoyed decades of success, but have managed to keep a low profile. But the winds of change are blowing at Truenorth Energy LLC [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN “Say it ain’t so Joe,” references a line in a movie from a young fan to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson on revelation eight members of the White Sox conspired to lose the 1919 World Series. Drivers in the U.S. might be singing a similar phrase about gasoline [...]
The tax bill for a spinoff is reportedly less than the tax bill for an outright sale. As would-be buyers eye a chance to bid on Valero Energy Corp.’s Corner Store chain, after it was announced the company plans to divest the stores, San Antonio Business Journal has reported that Valero could instead opt to [...]
“Couponing at the pump, combined with targeted offers at checkout, has the ability to drive a significant increase in c-store sales,” says Robinson Oil president. Robinson Oil, following an initial PAYMEDIA pilot, is now implementing VeriFone Digital Network (VNET) at all of its 34 Rotten Robbie retail locations in Northern California. Couponing is the newest [...]
Believe And Achieve Scholarship Program now in its seventh year. Cumberland Farms, for the seventh consecutive year, is now accepting applications from bright and ambitious high school seniors across its service area for the company’s popular Believe and Achieve Scholarship Program. Since Cumberland Farms began the program six years ago, Cumberland Farms has awarded close [...]
“The Express Ordering solution is a perfect balance of productivity and customer service, with a modern edge,” says director of foodservice at Sprint Mart. Victory Marketing LLC, a Mississippi-based convenience store chain branded Sprint Mart, has selected Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Passport POS with Xpedient, Express Ordering, to increase high margin sales and boost efficiency throughout its [...]
Craft on draft is showing up in more and more convenience stores as consumers drive the demand for this niche brew program. Pat Pape, Contributing Editor. Despite restrictions on where and how it can be sold, growler beer is a rapidly growing segment of the beer category, and convenience store operators are getting in on [...]