Local newspaper awards the chain for top honors second year in a row. Rutter’s doubled its pleasure on its way to finishing first in four categories in the York Sunday News’ 2007 “best of” reader survey. Rutter’s was No. 1 in milk and “deli, sub or sandwich”–two categories it also bested in 2006. In 2007, [...]
Time is running out to register to attend Convenience Store Decisions’ 2007 Foodservice Show, which kicks off June 4 at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. CSD’s Food Show is the only foodservice event in the convenience store and petroleum industry targeted directly to retailers and suppliers managing the fast-growing foodservice category. This [...]
Travel center refuses to accept popular credit card for diesel purchases. New signs are hanging from Flying J’s diesel pumps, and they do not bode well for credit card giant Visa. The chain of travel centers announced that starting today it would no longer accept Visa for diesel purchases. The decision came when the chain [...]
“High-volume” location unit in Montana rebranded. Des Moines, Iowa-based Kum & Go has added another store to its growing list, according to the Grand Falls (Mont.) Tribune. The new unit, previously an M&H, will bring the chain’s total count to roughly 450 stores in 13 states. The store’s transition came and went without a beat, [...]
Forty stores rebranded from Tigermarket to On the Run. ExxonMobil has converted its 40 Memphis-area Tigermarket convenience stores to On the Run convenience stores at Exxon service stations. “When you walk into an On the Run store, you’ll notice a difference,” said Ben Soraci, U.S. retail sales director, ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Co. “We’ve worked hard [...]
Grocer plans standalone units in Illinois, acquires Tenn. units. Schnucks, the St. Louis-based grocery chain is preparing to test the waters for stand-alone convenience stores with gas pumps outside its grocery stores by adding them to its two stores in the Champaign-Urbana and the one under construction at Savoy Plaza, according to Schnucks spokeswoman Lori [...]
For the Kidz Golf Classic helps raise money for Sheetz Family Christmas charity. Sheetz Inc. today is hosting the 9th annual Sheetz Family Christmas “For the Kidz” Golf Classic at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio to benefit Sheetz Family Charities. Among other professional athletes, celebrity guests of honor include Marshall Faulk, Jim Kelly, Jim [...]
Store holds raffle to reward the customers that kept it going strong. The Village Qwik Stop in Pigeon, Mich. is celebrating 25 years of filling gas tanks and its customers’ needs. Opened in 1982, owners Mike and Lorraine LePage bought and converted an old drive-through car wash after realizing the convenience niche in the area [...]
Schnuck Markets Inc. and its Schnucks Express fuel center is stretching out to the Memphis area by acquiring two convenience stores formerly operated as Fill ‘n Stations. The sales of stores were finalized May 14. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move comes as part of the company’s strategic expansion. “The Schnucks Express [...]
New store in Downtown Dallas opens with a bang. 7-Eleven is kicking off the grand opening of its new store off of Routh St. in Downtown Dallas with a party celebrating its new store and corporate offices. The new store and offices represent a new opportunity for the chain to become acclimated with its home [...]
Busy year brings growth to c-store owner. Susser Holdings Corp., the Corpus Christi-based convenience store and gasoline distribution giant that operates Stripes stores, reported an 8.8% increase in merchandise sales and an increase in revenue for the first quarter. On Wednesday, the company reported a first-quarter net loss of $2.4 million, a 39% improvement from [...]
The best way to ensure cooperation is to have rules that make sense. by Mel Kleiman ____________________________________________ Every time I leave for a speaking or training engagement, I take the same route to the airport and, 98% of the time, in the same spot, parked on the same side of the freeway, I pass the [...]
Combining ACH networking technology with an established loyalty program can divert customers from paying with plastic. by Michael Ferrari ____________________________________________ Cash, in its green, paper form, is being phased out. Customers are relying more and more on credit cards to make most of their transactions. And why shouldn’t they? Cash can be cumbersome to have [...]
Company executive speaking at forum discussing combining store efforts with supplies and non-profits. Lynn Marmer, group vice president of corporate affairs for The Kroger Co.–owner of almost 780 c-stores across the country–will be a featured speaker at the Cause Marketing Forum’s fifth annual conference to discuss how corporations and non-profits can meaningfully measure their impact [...]
Company renegotiates terms and ups capacity. The Pantry Inc. has completed the expansion and renegotiation of certain terms of its senior secured credit facilities. The facilities include a $350 million term loan, increased from approximately $304 million previously, and a $225 million revolving credit facility, increased from $150 million previously. In addition, the agreement includes [...]