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 to Open Six New Stores
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 Celebrates 35 Years
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,…
Quick Chek’s Murphy Rides For A Cure
As Quick Chek’s senior vice president Mike Murphy heads to Whitefish, Mont. on Sept. 3, to participate in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) Ride to Cure Diabetes, he will not only attempt to bike 100 miles to support research to find a cure for type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, but will do so as…
Appco Sale Pending
Florida Sunshine Investments, the same company that recently bought Crescent Oil Co. of Independence, Kan., is nearing the final stages of acquiring Appco, the convenience store chain in eastern Tennessee, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC (NRC) is handling the Appco sale under direction of the bankruptcy court. Appco’s…
7-Eleven Named One of 20 Top Franchises to Start
7-Eleven was named number three on Forbes magazine’s list of the “Top 20 Franchises to Start.” Forbes took many variables into account when deciding on the 20 companies, including the initial franchise fee; total locations (they wanted at least 50, but more was better); survival rates (they looked at the percentage of closings during the…
Atlas Oil Company Makes Inc. 5000 List
Inc. magazine has ranked Atlas Oil Company number 4,424 on its third annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. When the list is sorted by revenue, Atlas Oil Company is one of only two Michigan-based companies to make the Top 20, coming in at number 20. The list…
Couche-Tard Profits More Than Double
Alimentation Couche-Tard, based in Laval, Quebec, reported Tuesday that its profits more than doubled to $91.1 million USD during the first quarter, despite a 15% drop in sales, mainly caused by lower fuel prices, The Canadian Press reported. The company, which operates stores under the Couche-Tard, Mac’s, Circle K and On The Run…
NACS Asks for Retailer Input on Credit Card Fees
NACS is looking for c-store retailers to complete an eight-question survey that would help give Congress more data about the impact debit and credit card usage has on retail operations. The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, was signed into law this May, and contains measures that would strengthen…
QuikTrip Takes On Tucson
C-store chain QuikTrip has begun construction on its first location in the Tucson, Ariz. market, The Arizona Star reported. The site is located at 2345 E. Irvington Road, and QuikTrip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said he expected the 5,000-square-foot store with 16 gas pumps to be open by mid-January. This site will mark…