Thorntons Gives Back On Humanitarian Day

Thorntons Gives Back On Humanitarian Day

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 [...]

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Coffee Cup

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Coffee Cup

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 [...]

Embracing the Lipstick Theory

Embracing the Lipstick Theory

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 [...]

Tedeschi Celebrates in Style

Tedeschi Celebrates in Style

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 [...]

Recycling Program For Cigarette Waste Launches

Recycling Program For Cigarette Waste Launches

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 [...]

Sheetz Sends Trucks to Assist Red Cross

Sheetz Sends Trucks to Assist Red Cross

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 [...]

MSA Launches Daily Invoice-Level Shipment Processing for Beverage Industry

MSA Launches Daily Invoice-Level Shipment Processing for Beverage Industry

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 [...]

Roadrunner Makes Record Donation to St. Jude

Roadrunner Makes Record Donation to St. Jude

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 [...]

Eby-Brown To Acquire Dearborn Wholesale Grocers

Eby-Brown To Acquire Dearborn Wholesale Grocers

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 [...]

Hoshizaki America Donates to American Red Cross

Hoshizaki America Donates to American Red Cross

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 [...]