Mobile Shopper launch at Madison, Wis. store continues Woodman’s century-long history of innovative customer service. Woodman’s Food Markets continues its century-long tradition of exceptional customer service and shopping innovation with the launch of Mobile Shopper powered by NCR Corp. at Woodman’s Gammon Road location in Madison, Wis. With Mobile Shopper, Woodman’s shoppers can save time [...]
Price lock includes national brands as well as Giant Eagle brand products. As many consumers begin the new year facing post-holiday bills and feeling uncertain about the economy, multi-format food and fuel retailer Giant Eagle Inc. announced a new Winter Low Price Lock on hundreds of popular products. Giant Eagle launched its first Low Price [...]
Nearly one million natural gas trucks and buses will be sold from 2012 to 2019. Because trucks and buses use significant amounts of fuel and tend to emit high levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs), diesel and natural gas (NG) vehicles are increasingly attractive options in these commercial markets. At the same time, the rebounding construction [...]
Specialty made-to-order coffee and tea service awaits customers. United Supermarkets opened its second freestanding United Express convenience location shortly after Christmas near its new Market Street location at 19th and Quaker. The convenience store opened its doors at 6 a.m. Dec. 27, according to Tony Crumpton, executive vice president of facilities, fuel and supply for [...]
“Clyde is a proven leader ideally suited for The Pantry with more than 15 years of financial leadership experience as a chief financial officer,” says The Pantry’s CEO. The Pantry Inc. has announced that B. Clyde Preslar is joining the executive leadership team as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Preslar joins The Pantry from [...]
Each cigarillo is filled with finely blended tobaccos and covered with slow burning, smooth Gold wrappers. White Owl and Game by Garcia y Vega have announced the latest innovation in cigarillos, FoilFresh Gold! Cigarillo lovers will strike gold with this new 24k smoking experience. Small HTL cigarillo is the largest segment in the cigar category [...]
Retailer launches darkest Brazilian roast coffee with mid-week $1 any-size offer. To encourage coffee-lovers to try its latest, darkest roast coffee, 7-Eleven Inc. is holding Dollar Coffee Wednesdays this month, when every size cup of coffee will cost just $1. The new Brazilian Dark Roast is the leading convenience retailer’s richest, most full-bodied coffee to [...]
The New York area properties are up for bid through NRC. Getty Realty Corp. has retained NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC (NRC) to coordinate its divestiture of six closed petroleum terminal sites with potential redevelopment use. The properties are located in Long Island City, Bronx/Mt Vernon, Catskill, Port Ewen and Rhinebeck, N.Y. and Newark, [...]
Company partnered with Realtree and Bad Boy Buggies to give away $25,000 in prizes. Hunt Brothers Pizza announced Ryan Wilson of Pelahatchie, Miss., as the winner of the grand prize Bad Boy Buggies Recoil IS 4×4 hunting ATV with Realtree camouflage design valued at $15,000 today. The contest which ended on Dec. 31, 2012 enabled [...]
Donation helps fund Muskingum County Children Services and its Avondale Youth Center. Bill and Ben Englefield, presidents of Englefield Oil Co., and the employees of Englefield Oil Co., along with their supplier BP have donated $10,000 to the Muskingum County Children Services through a grant provided by BP Branded Marketer, the Fueling Communities Program. Located [...]
“I am excited about our growth prospects as we move into 2013 and beyond,” says Atlas CEO. Atlas Oil is beginning 2013 with a focus on strategic growth and expansion and has added two new executives to its leadership team. Both new leadership team members, Edward Shelton and Satish Kalala, have strategic growth backgrounds. “We [...]
Survey shows 57% probably won’t purchase the cup, but seven in 10 think it’s a good idea. More than a quarter of Americans (28%) have already bought or plan on purchasing one of Starbucks’ new $1 reusable coffee tumblers aimed at cutting down on paper cup waste, according to a YouGov Omnibus survey taken Jan. [...]
Brian L. Milne, Energy Editor, Schneider Electric December finished with a sixth consecutive weekly increase in domestic gasoline stocks, rebuilding from a four-year low plumbed in October amid a host of unexpected refinery outages in 2012 heading into the fourth quarter, and exacerbated by the destruction and resultant infrastructure disruptions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic [...]
In biggest-ever expansion, Kum & Go built 43 stores in 2012. It was a banner year for Kum & Go. In 2012, the privately held convenience store chain built a record 43 new stores in nine states—more than double its previous record of 21 new stores in 2009. The chain’s total reach is now 430 [...]
In 2013, customers to remain ingredient conscious and innovation to continue to evolve the beverage category. The restaurant industry continues to make gains and consumers are feeling more confident about spending their discretionary dollars on dining out. So, what will they be looking for this year when they sit down at their favorite eatery? Mintel [...]