Convenience Store Decisions’ second annual look at the convenience store chains doing a superior job of connecting with their customers through social media. By Erin Rigik, Associate Editor Convenience Store Decisions, with help from Wildfire by Google, examined the nearly 60 convenience store and petroleum chains that are most active on social media, specifically examining…
KickBack Cardholder Makes a Super Gesture with Fantasy Football Grand Prize
The winner of KickBack’s Fantasy Football contest, which includes two tickets to the NFL’s Big Game in New Jersey, round trip airfare for two and a hotel stay in Times Square, graciously donates her Grand Prize to 16-year-old Austin Lange, a local Idaho boy stricken with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Austin Lange has fought many battles over…
Cowberry Frozen Yogurt Introduces Franchise Opportunity
Frozen yogurt machines and display are ready to fit into any existing location and require less than 50 square feet of space. Cowberry Frozen Yogurt has announced the launch of its new Cashcow models, designed to fit into any existing convenience store location. The turnkey package with a cutting-edge design, desirable brand, and a healthier…
Yellow M&M, Super Bowl MVP To Deliver Content On Game Day
Mars to use Twitter, Facebook, Vine and Instagram to reach fans on Super Bowl Sunday. Football color commentary just got a lot more colorful. With millions of fans expected to use social media as a “second screen” to enhance their Super Bowl XLVIII viewing experience, Mars Chocolate North America announced an innovative plan to deliver…
CITGO and PAPCO Help Portsmouth Elementary School Fuel Education
“I am so impressed that CITGO and its locally-owned gas stations and distributors would undertake such an ambitious program to help support education,” says one teacher. CITGO Petroleum Corp. and local CITGO Marketer PAPCO Inc. presented Janay Washington, a third-grade teacher at Park View Elementary School, with $1,000 worth of school supplies as part of…
7-Eleven Prepares For Super Bowl With Pizzas and Wings
C-store giant offering $5.55 large pizzas, and $10 pizza-and-wings deals. 7-Eleven Inc. is in the game to win a piece of the pie on pizza’s biggest sales day of the year—Super Bowl Sunday. The convenience retailer is offering pizza-loving sports fans and sports-loving pizza fans piping-hot, large Pepperoni and Triple Cheese pizzas for just $5.55…
Susser Completes Acquisition of Sac-N-Pac For $88 Million
Susser plans to initially operate all of the 47 stores under the Sac-N-Pac brand. Susser Holdings Corp. (SUSS) and Susser Petroleum Partners LP (SUSP) announced the closing of their previously announced acquisition of the convenience store assets and fuel distribution contracts of Sac-N-Pac Stores Inc. and 3W Warren Fuels Ltd. The Sac-N-Pac chain includes 47…
Dunkin’ Donuts To Open 13 Restaurants In Oklahoma City
Dunkin’ Donuts’ new look includes four distinct restaurant design options for franchisees. Dunkin’ Donuts has signed a multi-unit store development agreement with existing franchise group, OKD Holdings, to develop 13 new restaurants throughout Oklahoma City, Okla. The first of the planned restaurants are scheduled to open in 2015. Together, this team led by second generation…
The Pantry Nominates Thomas Dickson For The Board of Directors
“Through his longstanding career at and leadership of Harris Teeter, Tad has a deep understanding of our industry and the region in which we operate,” says the Pantry’s chairman of the board. The Pantry Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has nominated a new independent director, Thomas “Tad” Dickson, former CEO of Harris Teeter…
H&R Block Joins Vanilla Reload Network
Partnership allows Emerald Cardholders to load cash at thousands of retail locations. InComm, a prepaid product and transaction services company, and H&R Block, the world’s largest consumer tax services provider, announced that consumers can now reload their H&R Block Emerald Card at more than 60,000 Vanilla Reload locations nationwide. “We have worked hard to make…