An investment group in Oklahoma City, Okla., has purchased the Anderson Travel Plaza in that town, giving the group free reign on almost 11 acres complete with two convenience stores, a trucker’s lounge, a 120-seat full-service restaurant called The Silver Spoon and other amenities at the Phillips 66-branded site. Andrew Geller, managing partner of 333…
Calif. Authorities Investigate Card-Skimming
San Jose police are investigating an incident at a gas station where a couple used their ATM card to pay for gas and ended up falling victim to a skimming scheme, news stations in that city reported. The couple said they rarely use their ATM card, and noticed that $1,500 was taken from their bank…
TravelCenters of America Adopts E-Payment Services
Coinstar E-Payment Services’ full range of Pay-As-You-Go products and services will be available in TravelCenters of America’s full-service travel centers operating under the "TA", "TravelCenters of America" and "Petro Stopping Centers" brands. The lineup of Coinstar Pay-As-You-Go products includes prepaid wireless, long distance, gift cards, financial services like prepaid re-loadable and one-time gift debit cards…
Shareholders Reject ExxonMobil CEO-Chairman Split
Exxon Mobil Corp. shareholders on Wednesday rejected a resolution to bar its CEO, Rex Tillerson, from serving as the company’s chairman, Bloomberg news reported. The rejection also killed plans to have the company adopt greenhouse-gas reduction targets. A proposal to split the CEO and chairman’s roles received 39.5% support at the company’s annual meeting in…
CHS Completes Refinery Project
CHS Inc. said it has completed a $400 million upgrade to an oil refinery near Billings, Mont., which could give the company the ability to increase fuel production at that location by more than 20%. The company marked the completion of the two-year project at an event held at the refinery on Wednesday. A diversified…
Couche-Tard Bolsters Food Offering
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Convenience Store Decisions’ 2007 Convenience Store Chain of the Year, continues to respond to consumer demand with its introduction of Couche-Tard Menu stores. With their bright and welcoming self-service environment, these stores feature not only the traditional products they are known for, but also a vast range of brand name prepared meals, warm pastries…
Rutter’s Unveils Ecofriendly Store
Rutter’s Farm Stores unveiled its latest store design this past week, a 5,200-square-foot ecofriendly site in Springettsburry Township in York County, Pa. The North Hills Road store features a modern, environmentally friendly design with a white roof to cool the building and reduce energy demand, the company said. It’s the first of 10 new stores…
7-Eleven Embarks On DSD Experiment
Dallas-based 7-Eleven is embarking on a direct-store delivery experiment in Southern California in hopes of sharpening up the entire DSD process, the company’s CEO, Joe DePinto, announced last week at the 2008 Beverage Forum in New York. The plan is not to bypass the DSD process, DePinto said, but to bundle rival marketers’ brands on…
InBev May Be Drafting Merger With A-B
Belgian beer giant InBev is working up what may be a $44.6 billion offer for Anheuser-Busch, according to The New York Times. The world’s largest brewer by sales volume and the maker of Stella Artois, InBev already has some ties to Anheuser-Busch, as it distributes Budweiser in Canada while A-B imports InBev beers like Stella…
Pennsylvania Allowing Half-Gallon Pricing
Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture is temporarily allowing half-gallon pricing on gas sales as a short-term fix for problems at old fuel pumps that can’t display the current market’s high prices. While most fuel dispensers in Pennsylvania can display per-gallon prices over $4, as well as calculate accumulated costs for a purchase, the state’s Department of…