App puts instant prize-winning power in customers’ hands and phones. Convenience store leader ampm has just released ampm Scratch Power, a promotional smart phone app that gives customers the chance to win $500 Apple Gift Cards, iPods and thousands of ampm food and drink prizes. “We’re very excited to launch the ampm Scratch Power app—a [...]
“We need every company that has ever accepted Visa and MasterCard credit cards to sign a short declaration that lays out why you feel the proposed settlement is bad for your business,” says NACS CEO. “I have never been more convinced that when we speak as one, our industry is incredibly powerful and effective,” said [...]
By teaming with Truckers to Triathletes (T2T), Pilot Flying J intends to develop ideas and strategies for better health to share with even more professional drivers. Pilot Flying J is promoting better health for truck drivers through the sponsorship of the Revolution 3 Triathlon on Sunday, Oct. 14, in Anderson, S.C., and continued sponsorship of [...]
Austin, Texas, pilot enables Valero Corner Store, CPG marketers to influence consumer purchasing decisions. Valero Retail Holdings Inc. has entered an agreement with VeriFone Systems Inc. to implement VeriFone’s PAYMEDIA for Secure PumpPAY in an initial pilot at corporate-operated sites in the Austin, Texas, area. VeriFone Secure PumpPAY solutions enable gasoline retailers and distributors to [...]
Niki DePhillips honored by Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association. Kum & Go L.C., announced that Niki DePhillips, senior vice president of store development, recently received the Industry Impact Award from the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association (ICREA). “I’m honored to receive this award,” said DePhillips. “And I share it with my store development team who [...]
Eight retailers and manufacturers are hailed for outstanding achievement in loyalty, engagement, analytics and digital solutions. Kum & Go and United Supermarkets received marketing awards at the fourth annual LEAD Marketing Conference held Oct. 1-3. Kum & Go operates more than 400 c-stores in 11 states, while United Supermarkets, is a 51-store grocery chain in [...]
Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The odd pairing of weak demand for gasoline while supply is tight has been a running theme in the U.S. for much of 2012, while unplanned refinery outages have had a more dramatic effect on certain regional markets, the latest in California. On the heels of a [...]
NACS announced the election of five retail members to serve on its Board of Directors. The new Board members assumed their positions during the NACS Board of Directors meeting at the NACS Show in Las Vegas. The NACS Show is ranked one of the 50 largest annual tradeshows in the U.S. The NACS retail members [...]
“Publix Deli Online Easy Ordering is a natural extension of our service commitment, especially for our on-the-go customers,” says Publix spokesperson. Publix Deli Online Easy Ordering, an online order placement of Publix Deli custom subs, wraps and sliced meats and cheeses, has expanded to 50 stores in select markets across the company’s operating area. Publix [...]
‘Take advantage of the value that NACS delivers,’ says NACS Chairman Robinson. “This NACS Show is near the end of the (calendar) year, but it’s really the start of 2013,” said NACS Chairman Tom Robinson, welcoming a packed house at the NACS Show Opening General Session. “It is not an accident that my company’s strategic [...]
BP has now announced over $35 billion toward its goal of $38 billion in divestments. BP has reached an agreement to sell its Texas City, Texas refinery and a portion of its retail and logistics network in the Southeast U.S. to Marathon Petroleum Corp. for $2.5 billion (which includes $0.6 billion of cash at closing, [...]
Since 1971, Schlotzsky’s has been the home of the New Orleans’ French Quarter muffuletta- inspired sandwich called The Original toasted sandwich—Schlotzsky’s signature product which features meats, cheeses, lettuce, tomato, olives, and dressing stuffed into Fresh-from-Scratch sourdough buns. Fast forward to now, and the company has gone from a one-unit, one-product shop to its extensive Fresh-from-Scratch [...]
Rutter’s Farm Stores announced this week donations to seven central Pennsylvania charities totaling $172,000, bringing the company’s year-to-date contributions to local charities to $412,000. The YMCA of York, the YWCA of York, York Day Nursery, Hanover YWCA, Hanover YMCA, Easter Seals of central Pennsylvanis and the Jewish Community Center of York, Pa. will all receive [...]
Lucia Romanello Crater, vice president of retail sales for Cardtronics Inc., has been named 2012-13 chairman of the NACS Supplier Board. In addition, Bob Sears, director of trade and state relations, Altria Group Distribution Co., was named chair-elect and will succeed Crater as 2013-14 chairman. Crater and Sears were named to their positions during the [...]
“Being able to personalize the fueling experience and serve relevant, meaningful promotions differentiates us from our competitors and helps drive customer loyalty and additional sales,” says R.H. Smith spokesperson. R.H. Smith Dist. Co. Inc., of Grandview, Wash., is among the leading retailers to launch Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Applause with Loyalty, a new enhancement to the industry’s [...]