7-Eleven Inc. is in negotiations to acquire most of the Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin chain, a move that would give the c-store behemoth with 6,800 stores across the U.S. a foothold in Wisconsin, where it currently has no stores, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported. 7-Eleven has reportedly applied for licenses for Open Pantry locations [...]
A fuel distributor with ties to Getty Marketing has been cutting back on deliveries over the past few weeks causing more than 200 BP gas station owners across New England to struggle to keep their doors open. Some have started to run out of gas altogether. All of the region’s BP stations have been affected, [...]
By John Matthews, president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc. There is a day no operator looks forward to—a day when one of their stores closes for business. Whether it is your only store or you are the franchisor, and it is one of your franchisees stores, closing a store can have a direct impact on [...]