My Starbucks Rewards program to enable customers to earn Starbucks stars— redeemable for free beverages and food at Starbucks retail stores —when they purchase Starbucks-branded products in CPG channels. Starbucks reaffirmed its leadership position and growth agenda across its global retail, emerging brands and CPG channels at its biennial Investor Conference. “Starbucks business and brand [...]
Retains stock symbol SUSS. Susser Holdings Corp. has received authorization from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to transfer the listing of its common stock to the NYSE from the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ). The company expects its common stock to begin trading on the NYSE on Friday, Dec. 21, under its current ticker [...]
Give customers some fresh ways to start their day and they’ll keep coming back for more, according to savvy c-store operators who are driving a.m. loyalty. By Marilyn Odesser-Torpey, Associate Editor. Two years ago, Nashville-based Tri Star Energy took at good, hard look at its Daily’s convenience store operation and decided the 80-unit chain needed [...]
By Brian L. Milne, Energy Editor, Schneider Electric Wholesale gasoline costs were mostly lower at major metropolitan markets across the U.S. coming into December, slipping on building supply and weaker demand, with gasoline consumption failing to get a sizeable jump during the Thanksgiving holiday. Implied gasoline demand did reach weekly summer demand levels leading up [...]
The Wisconsin-based CITGO marketer hosts four appreciation days with giveaways. Wisconsin-based CITGO Marketer Condon Oil will be hosting customer appreciation days at four locations throughout December with special deals, exciting giveaways and chances to win CITGO Gift Cards. The events, which will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., are designed to thank loyal CITGO [...]
Hockey fans can save money on tickets and enjoy a free Nice N Easy gift card. New this season, Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes is partnering with The Syracuse Crunch to help customers save on tickets. The Syracuse Crunch is a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, based in Syracuse, [...]
Jim Hogan brings more than 25 years of experience to his new role at Ryko. Ryko Solutions Inc., a manufacturer of car wash equipment and a major provider of service support and cleaning products to the industry, has added Jim Hogan as vice president of human resources for the company’s 400 plus strong workforce throughout [...]
SASB to create sustainability standards for 89 industries across 10 sectors. The Hershey Co. is joining the Advisory Council of the newly founded Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) as part of Hershey’s commitment to reporting on its expanding sustainability practices. As a member of the Advisory Council, Hershey will help develop reporting standards for the [...]
A portion of sales from VP’s pink motorsport containers are donated to help fight cancer. VP Racing Fuels Inc. reported that donations to the Prevent Cancer Foundation in conjunction with sales of pink VP Motorsport Containers have reached $2,695. This amount is in addition to an auction bid of $2,000 given to the foundation last [...]
Retailers don’t have to wave goodbye to their roller grills to put a fresh face on lunch and dinner foodservice menus. By Marilyn Odesser-Torpey, Associate Editor. One size definitely does not fit all when it comes to lunch and dinner foodservice. Not everyone has the capital to invest in a proprietary commissary or the in-store [...]
By: John Matthews, founder and president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc. Upon opening their first store, many single-store operators come to an, often premature, conclusion that they are going to franchise. While this may be a noble end-game goal, what is often missing from this proclamation is determining whether or not their concept is “franchishable.” [...]
BP converting the 13 New York and 15 New Jersey sites to the BP brand. BP announced today that it has reached a long-term lease agreement with Getty Properties Corp. to convert a portfolio of up to 28 Getty-branded retail sites in New York and New Jersey to the BP brand. BP intends to operate [...]
Some 15-20 Thorntons stores are scheduled to open in Florida over the next three years. Thorntons is set to debut its first Florida location with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. The new store is located at 1698 Gulf to Bay Blvd Clearwater. Clearwater Chamber of Commerce members, Tony Harris, [...]
NJOY products are now available at all Cumberland Farms stores; NJOY Kings available in December 2012. Cumberland Farms, a convenience store chain with locations throughout the Northeast and Florida, and e-cig company NJOY have announced a distribution partnership. The partnership includes chain-wide distribution of NJOY’s newest electronic cigarette, the NJOY Kings, to the nearly 600 [...]
Mini meals, a surge in male shoppers and a new appreciation for the frozen aisle to emerge as trends in 2013. Snackable mini-meals and frozen foods take center stage in supermarket aisles this year while dads and Millennials get more comfortable and powerful in the kitchen, said Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert. Lempert, a well-known [...]