C-store customers get free hot dispensed beverages when they stop into their local Cumberland Farms location at select times. On Dec. 25, Dec. 31 and the wee-hours of Jan. 1, guests can enjoy a free hot dispensed beverage, or iced coffee, according to the Sun Sentinel. From 8 a.m. to midnight on Christmas Day, stores…
Dunkin’ Donuts Adds New Menu Items for 2015
Introduces a New Year’s Twitter sweepstakes. As 2014 comes to a close, Dunkin’ Donuts has introduced two new menu items to help keep on-the-go guests running into the New Year: the Chocolate Croissant and the Tomato Mozzarella Supreme Bagel. Dunkin’ Donuts also launched a special New Year’s themed Twitter sweepstakes to help coffee lovers brew…
Enmark Contest Benefits Nonprofits
Four winners to be announced in January. Enmark Stations is selecting four nonprofit organizations to benefit from the 2015 Encourage Health Series based on a Facebook contest. Any Savannah, Ga. area registered 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote healthy living, active lifestyles or nutritional education is encouraged to enter. To be eligible, the…
Spinx Partners With Piedmont Natural Gas
Adds compressed natural gas refueling facilities at Anderson, S.C. store. The Spinx Co. and Piedmont Natural Gas announced an agreement to add a Piedmont compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station at a Spinx convenience store location. Piedmont will lease space at an existing Spinx store located at the corner of Pearman Dairy Road and West…
Holiday Shopping Results
By Tony Huppert, CEO, Team Oil Inc. The holiday shopping results for this year have been mixed. Reports have been negative on the expected sales reports. My son and business partner Eric and I differ on our opinions on the sales reports. He believes the economy is doing better, so the retailers didn’t have the…
Costly Words
Tony Huppert, CEO, Team Oil Inc. I am the second youngest of 13 siblings. My father passed away when I was 11, leaving my mother to raise us. The family checkbook was titled “Steve and Carmen.” Upon the death of my father, the bank froze my mother’s checking account because of the word “and.” I…
Know Your Customers
By Tony Huppert, CEO, Team Oil Inc. Knowing your customers means more than knowing what they are going to purchase when they visit your store. The ability to remember each customer’s needs is an art but, it is more important to know if the customer is a private person and doesn’t want you to notice…
Avigilon Acquires ObjectVideo’s Patent Portfolio and Licensing Program
Avigilon acquires strategic intellectual property and continues to build video analytics patent portfolio. Avigilon Corp., a global provider of end-to-end security solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the entire patent portfolio and the patent licensing program of ObjectVideo Inc. for cash consideration of US$80.3 million. Founded in 1998, ObjectVideo is an innovator…
Tedeschi Donates To Life is Good Playmakers Foundation, SSYMCA
Employees give donations through Jeans for Charity. Over the years through Jeans for Charity, a program that collects donations when employees wear jeans on Fridays, Tedeschi Food Shops’ employees have contributed to local and national non-profit organizations. In the past, Tedeschi’s has donated to the Friendship Home, St. Vincent DePaul, the Women’s Place Crisis Center…
GetGo Opens 24-Hour Location in Mentor, Ohio
The new 24-hour Mentor GetGo offers a wide-ranging menu of meal options. GetGo continues to bring the best in food, fuel and convenience with the grand opening of its newest location on Dec. 18, 2014. Located at 7750 Reynolds Road in Mentor, Ohio the new store celebrated with a ribbon cutting event at 9 a.m.,…