Educational grant donated to encourage academics in New Orleans. Chevron Corp. will invest up to $4 million to support science education in selected New Orleans public middle schools through its “Energy for Learning” program. Energy for Learning will support grades six, seven and eight at various schools in the area. Students at these schools will [...]
Recent merger and taking the company public gobbled up revenues, profits. TravelCenters of America LLC has reported a huge loss for its first quarter, which ended March 31, due in large part to costs connected with going public. The company’s net loss in the quarter totaled $54.3 million. $45 million of the loss came from [...]
Pennsylvania looks to collect taxes from Internet tobacco buyers. Thousands of Pennsylvanians who purchased cartons of cigarettes over the Internet or by mail order have been sent letters by the state Revenue Department informing them they owe taxes. The first batch of letters went out about two weeks ago to 4,300 people who are believed [...]
New loyalty program rewards customers at the pump. Murphy USA has joined Tempo Payment Inc.’s network, which is initiating a system-wide implementation of Murphy-branded PIN debit cards at more than 1,000 gas stations, with an initial rollout to 111 stores in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston. As a result of the substantially lower interchange fees it [...]
New supplying agreement signed with Chevron. The Pantry Inc. has executed a new gasoline branding and supplies agreement with Chevron, covering the 66 Petro Express convenience stores that The Pantry recently acquired in North Carolina and South Carolina. Under the agreement, all of the gasoline operations at the Petro Express stores will be converted to [...]
More than 100 retail managers released into early retirement. Valero will be releasing more than 100 managers on the retail end of its operations. The released managers, if they worked above the store level, will be offered early retirement. There are a total of 130 candidates eligible for early retirement, according to Valero spokesman Bill [...]
Plan brings stores into new Iowa market. Casey’s is setting up shop in Tiffin, Iowa and will be opening the doors to a new store by this summer, reports the Iowa City Press-Citizen. For the past few weeks, Casey’s has owned and operated the Suburban BP Amoco in Tiffin. By the end of the summer, [...]
Retail safes, or “smart safes” as they’re often referred, are quickly becoming a regular component of secure, successful stores. And with their increasing regularity in the industry comes expanded options and technology for retailers to take advantage. CSD gathered insight from four of the biggest cash management suppliers to discuss how their products can best [...]
A comprehensive new study by Meyers Research Center (MRC) finds that convenience store shoppers are seeking cold beverages, friendly employees and know what they want before they get through the door. The findings are part of Meyers’ Convenience Store Close-Up Wave Six, which takes a look at behavior, attitudes and decision-making patterns of c-store shoppers [...]
Conference showcases new products, promotional activities and highlights the collaborative buying process. “Retailers and suppliers enjoy a symbiotic relationship that grows as both sides succeed and meet their expectations. If one side isn’t communicating their message effectively, both will suffer.” That was the message delivered by David Bishop, a partner for Willard Bishop LLC at [...]
Wins approval in Ulster County for its third convenience store in the state. The Ulster, N.Y., Town Board has granted site plan approval for QuickChek Inc. to build a gas station, convenience store and car wash at the current site of a Mobil gas station and food mart. The approval did not include any action [...]
Retail hold-ups and robberies serve as a tent pole on the police blotter of just about every local newspaper. And while most of these crimes tend to follow a simple formula-thief holds up store at gun/knifepoint; thief takes money and runs; thief (hopefully) gets caught by the police-some that are a bit more unorthodox and [...]
“New” is a tricky term when it comes to productions in the convenience channel. Tjere are few actual unique product launches along the lines of Red Bull anymore. The majority of new products comes in the form of line extensions of already popular products. While line extensions help to create a buzz in the marketplace, [...]
In the battle to be the first to market with new products,retailers face fierce competition from other industryoperators and cross-channel marketers. Despite the battle for that share of wallet, chains have come to depend ontheir distributors and wholesalers for the information theyneed to make smart business choices. What is important for convenience store owners toremember [...]
In her continued quest to speakwith retailers excelling in their markets of operations, CSD publisher Shahla Hebets traveled to La Crosse,Wis., to meet with Steve Loehr, vicepresident of operations support forKwik Trip Inc. Loehr is a savvy industry veteranwith many years of service to Kwik Tripand the convenience store industry.His efforts through the years were [...]