Starbucks Corp. is adjusting its pricing in several cities nationwide over the next few months, lowering the cost of smaller, more basic beverage choices and charging up to 25 cents extra for more complex options, the Wall Street Journal reported. In some markets, customers will pay 5 cents more for a venti [...]
As college students begin returning for school, the Fairfax County Police, Premium Distributors of Virginia, Heineken USA and state delegates are teaming up to offer Fairfax County retailers another tool in the fight against underage access to alcohol. The community partnership provides licensed retailers with a “Responsibility Toolkit” including a small device to [...]
Annabelle, the life-sized model of a milking cow that is central to the “Marvelous Milk” exhibit. The York County Heritage Trust and Rutter’s Farm Stores, York, Pa., have opened an interactive dairy exhibit called “Marvelous Milk: From the Farm to Your Table.” Funded by a $55,000 donation from Rutter’s, the exhibit, which is [...]
The Food Group now is distributing its press releases via a RSS Feed. By visiting http://pr.thefoodgroup.com/ retailers can sign up to receive updates directly to their inbox by clicking on the Foodservice Releases via Email button at the top of the page. The group will no longer be sending monthly PR emails. This [...]
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz is proceeding with its plan to rapidly develop a new market of its convenience stores in southern West Virginia with the opening of another location today at 432 Eighteenth Street West in Huntington, W.Va. This marks the third Sheetz store opening in that area since June. The first two stores [...]
After a career of more than 33-years, Frank Glaviano Sr. is retiring from Shell Oil Company effective Nov. 30. As vice-president of production for Shell’s Americas Region, Glaviano held accountability for assets and operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. In the coming months, he will provide advice [...]
Suncor Energy Inc. is selling 70 of its 272 retail locations in Ontario, and 34 Petro-Canada stations also will be sold, as part of the final terms of an agreement filed under the Competition Act, which allows Suncor to acquire Petro-Canada’s retail network, the Calgary Herald reported. The agreement was the final condition [...]
7-Eleven now is carrying New Leaf Tea in 280 of its stores in the Metro New York area, including about 180 stores in Long Island and 100 stores across Brooklyn, Bronx, Suffern and Queens. The product will reach 7-Eleven through Manhattan Beer Distributors, New York’s largest beer distributor that markets beer and non-alcoholic beverages [...]
Lawyers for electronic cigarette distributors asked a federal judge to lift the ban on electronic cigarettes Monday, stating that their clients do not market their products as a way to quit smoking and that the FDA has no legitimate reason to ban their entry into the country, The National Law Journal reported. At [...]
A new Quick Chek store in Saugerties, N.Y. has donated $1,223.75 to the Boys & Girls Club of Saugerties. Saugerties Quick Chek Store Leader Lynn Rhinesmith recently presented the donation, which represents 25 cents for every sub, sandwich and wrap sold during the store’s first 30 days in operation. The store opened its [...]
While most Americans still look to the Sunday newspaper and other print sources for coupons, text messages and emails are gaining speed as popular coupon sources, Mediaweek reported. According to Scarborough Research, 8.6 million (or 8%) of U.S. households gain access to coupons from text messages and/or email. Meanwhile, 51% rely on [...]
Federal prosecutors have charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the U.S., accusing the one-time government informant of plotting to swipe 130 million accounts on top of 40 million he stole previously. Albert Gonzalez, broke his own record for identity theft by hacking into [...]
Heineken USA, White Plains, N.Y., has teamed with Family Services of Westchester to support a number of local causes in their hometown communities. On Thursday, Aug. 6, Heineken USA hosted a kick-off event for their employees and members of Family Services of Westchester to introduce the new volunteer-based partnership. Family Services of [...]
Kwik Pik LLC, an affiliate of Lehigh Gas Corp., has been selected as the stalking horse bidder in the Uni-Marts bankruptcy asset sale. A stalking-horse bidder is an interested buyer that is chosen by a bankrupt company out of a pool of potential bidders to make the initial bid on the bankrupt company’s assets. [...]
Arkansas c-stores are preparing for Sept. 28 when they can sell lotto tickets to customers for the first time, Arkansasmatters.com reported. More than 800 retailers—from c-stores to coffee shops—have applied for the ability to sell tickets, hoping it will help drive business in a slow economy. About 95% of customers who come [...]