Volunteer work benefits Catholic Charities of Louisville and Henryville tornado victims. As part of its ongoing community giving program, Thorntons employees participated in the company’s annual volunteer Humanitarian Day on Sunday, Nov. 11. This year’s focus was two-fold on behalf of both downtown Louisville’s Portland neighborhood and the tornado victims of Henryville, Ind. In conjunction [...]
7-Eleven Holiday Cup drawn by Will Ferrell’s son raises awareness about comedian’s favorite charity. Like father, like son. Two years after actor Will Ferrell finger-painted a snowman for 7-Eleven Inc.’s holiday coffee cup, his son five-year-old Mattias has taken over the cup-design duties, with a little help from dad. Like his father, Mattias also drew [...]
When times are tough, customers substitute bigger purchases for more inexpensive, feel-good items. By Jim Callahan. According to economists the lipstick theory works like this. You’re in the store, checking out some new gear. Then you check your finances and think, “No, better not.” You buy a new lipstick instead. The theory is that if [...]
With a new store design, a dazzling foodservice program and outstanding customer service, the Massachusetts retailer is CSD’s 2012 Convenience Store Chain of the Year. By John Lofstock, Editor. Few companies can match the rich tradition and deep roots Tedeschi Food Shops has planted in the convenience store industry. In business since 1923, the company’s [...]
Expert on customer service and competitive strategy set for opening session. Joe Calloway, a performance coach and advisor who helps great companies improve, will be the keynote speaker at the Opening Super Session of the 2013 AWMA Show to be held March 6-8, 2013 in the Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Fla. He will speak Thursday, March [...]
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco And TerraCycle team to help the environment. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. has teamed up with TerraCycle, a world leader in developing solutions for hard-to-recycle materials, to do something about cigarette butt litter. According to Keep America Beautiful (KAB), 65% of all cigarette butts are disposed of improperly. But thanks to [...]
In-store program encourages customer donations. Sheetz Inc. has sent refrigerated trucks to assist the American Red Cross in distributing food to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. In an effort to help those devastated by the storm, the convenience restaurant chain will also collect monetary donations for the American Red Cross, starting Friday, Nov. 16, through [...]
Company blames striking employees for bankruptcy, while unions point to company mismanagement. Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is seeking permission from the court to go out of business after failing to get wage and benefit cuts from thousands of its striking bakery workers, the Chicago Tribune reported. A strike that [...]
Thanks to the economy and skyrocketing costs, convenience stores are paying more in taxes while, at the same time, costs for everyone are going up. Knowing what tax breaks are available can boost your bottom line. By Mark Battersby, Contributing Editor. Will this be the last year of the Bush-era tax cuts? A number of [...]
Management Science Associates, Inc. (MSA) has gone live with the next generation of its Data@Factory, now processing daily, invoice-level shipment data. Leveraging the proven infrastructure first established in 1993, continuously improved through seven major releases, and currently serving 25 leading consumer products companies for the management of weekly, SKU/store sequence-level shipments, the “NeoCore” Data@Factory addresses [...]
Fine is largest handed down by Department of Justice. BP is set to pay a record U.S. fine to settle criminal claims following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP agreed to plead guilty to 11 felony counts involving worker deaths in the 2010 Gulf oil rig blowout and will [...]
Drivers will receive double “I Love Rewards” loyalty points at new sites. Love’s Travel Stops (Love’s) has opened two new travel stops in Williston, N.D., at Highway 2 and 42nd Street, and in Leary, Texas, at Interstate 30, Exit 213. Williston sits in the center of the large Bakken oil formation and has seen rapid [...]
More than $131,000 raised for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dedicated employees and generous customers from Roadrunner Markets helped to raise $131,441 during the 21st Annual Halloween promotion to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly childhood diseases. Donations [...]
Two Illinois-based companies, servicing the c-store industry, to merge. Eby-Brown Co. LLC, based in Naperville, Ill., has signed a letter of intent to purchase the assets of Dearborn Wholesale Grocers L.P. of Chicago. Servicing retail accounts throughout the Midwest, the Atlantic Coast and the Southeast, Eby-Brown is the largest privately held convenience store distributor in [...]
Donation helps victims of hurricane Sandy. Hoshizaki America Inc. continues to give back to the community by supporting local and national organizations. Recently, Hoshizaki America made a generous financial donation to the American Red Cross to support hurricane Sandy relief efforts along the East Coast. According to the Red Cross, financial donations make the greatest [...]