Flying J, the struggling travel center corporation that recently merged with PilotTravel Centers LLC of Knoxville, Tenn., as part of its framework for emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is selling its truck repair shops, the Post-Tribune reported. Bosselman Boss Shops of Grand Island, Neb., has acquired the 15 J Care Service Centers, a [...]
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company joined Commonwealth Brands Inc., Lorillard Inc., National Tobacco Company L.P. and Discount Tobacco City & Lottery Inc. in filing a lawsuit Monday to protect their First Amendment right to communicate with adult tobacco consumers about their products, Reuters reported. The suit was filed in federal court in Bowling Green, Ky., [...]
Despite a 2008 tax increase and the federal tax jump that hit just this spring, Wisconsin is again raising prices on smokers. The price of a pack of cigarettes will increase by 75 cents to $2.52 cents per pack in Wisconsin tomorrow, Sept.1, the Associated Press reported. The tax will be the fifth highest in [...]
Independent retailers seeking to expand their businesses are struggling to locate competitively-priced, quality properties, Talking Retail reported. According to Allen Shepherd, director with property agent Christie + Co., despite lower priced properties that have cropped up because of the recession and the perception that the retail sector is currently a buyer’s market, top [...]
Maverik already has begun construction on what will be its first gas station convenience store in the Carson City, Nev. area, the Nevada Appeal reported. The store is being built at College Boulevard and Research Way, and is scheduled to open in December. The Carson City location will be more than 4,600 square [...]
7-Eleven Inc. is introducing “Battle of the Bands,” an in-store and online promotion that puts 28 bands from across the nation in a music video competition at www.slurpee.com and adds an in-store first: three colorful 32-ounce guitar-shaped Slurpee cups and a giant 54-ounce guitar-shaped Big Gulp cup. The Big Gulp guitar cup is [...]
Certified Oil Company, a leading operator of gas stations and convenience stores in Ohio, is holding grand opening festivities with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 1 to celebrate its new convenience store and gas station in Chillicothe. The new store is located at 825 North Bridge Street. Over the past year, [...]
Customers are choosing convenience over value these days, according to a yearlong shopper experience study currently underway by The Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research. Data from the study shows that consumer priorities are changing from shopping around to save dollars to spending more money in an effort to save time. “There has [...]
Sheetz increased its store count in the Wheeling, W.Va. area yesterday with a second store location. The new store is located at 6 Cabela Drive in Triadelphia. Employees celebrated the new store with grand opening festivities yesterday, including a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. West Virginia Governor, Joe Manchin III was [...]
PepsiCo has announced two new executive employee promotions. Tom Greco, a 23-year veteran has been appointed to the newly created role of executive vice president of sales for North America beverages. Additionally, Salman Amin, who has led PepsiCo’s business in the UK and Ireland, was named executive vice president sales and marketing at [...]
The Pantry Inc., headquartered in Cary, N.C., has appointed Terrance Marks to the role of president and CEO, effective Sept. 25. With 1,679 stores in eleven states under select banners, including Kangaroo Express, its primary operating banner, the Pantry is the leading independently operated c-store chain in the Southeastern U.S. Marks previously [...]
7-Eleven Inc. will present long-time supplier-partner Kraft Foods Global Inc. with the company’s 2008 Retailer Initiative Award at its Business Partners Dinner Sept. 9 in Dallas. Retailer Initiative is 7-Eleven’s strategy for providing customers with what they want through item-by-item management at each store. Kraft was selected for its high level of partnership throughout [...]
Hunt Brothers Pizza has announced its newest program, Hunt Brothers Wings, the perfect complement to the company’s well-known core pizza product. Hunt Brothers Pizza is the largest distributor of fresh dough pizza to the convenience store market, with more than 6,000 locations in 28 states. Its new wings offering began stores in June, and [...]
Thorntons has broken ground on six new sites, which are set to open for business by the end of December 2009. Four of the new locations will open in Nashville,Tenn., expanding the market to 10 locations in 2 1/2 years. The additional two stores will open in Chicago and Champaign, Ill. With [...]
Lil’ Drug Store Products Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is celebrating its 35th anniversary as a pioneer in the non-prescription sample drug market that has changed health and beauty care in the convenience, grocery, drug and mass market retailing sectors. What began in 1974 as a four-item product line available in Iowa, now serves customers, [...]