Visa hosted a webinar to clarify its PIN pad data encryption policy on Sept 9 led by Ross Snailer and Stoddard Lambertson of Visa’s Payment Risk team, NACS reported. According to Visa, all attended POS and kiosks must be Triple DES (TDES) compliant by July 1, 2010, but that fines to acquirers would…
Learn More about PCI Compliance at NACS
Gilbarco Veeder-Root will be hosting independent PCI consulting firms Coalfire IT Audit and Compliance and W. Capra Consulting Group at NACS. Retailers and their Gilbarco Veeder-Root distributors who have prescheduled appointments will receive 45 minutes of free consulting time, personalized PCI risk assessments and advice on PCI DSS, PA-DSS, and PED plans for…
Sheetz Adds IDM system
Sheetz has been testing Gilbarco’s Wisdom Intelligent Device Management (IDM) system at multiple sites since May. Pending sustained favorable results seen in the preliminary tests, Sheetz anticipates rolling the solution to all 360 sites across their enterprise. “IDM ties our reporting systems and controls together, while giving us peace of mind that every…
Lottery Ticket-Selling Partnership
The Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) have reached an agreement to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in all U.S. lottery jurisdictions. Currently each lottery state has Powerball or Mega Millions, but never both. The decision is an agreement in principal. Details need to be worked out to ensure the final…
Bananas Get New Wrapping at 7-Eleven
7-Eleven is testing out a new banana strategy at 27 Dallas-area locations, using a new plastic wrap developed by supplier Fresh Del Monte Produce to keep single bananas yellow and firm for five days-more than double the two-day shelf life for an unwrapped banana, ABC News reported. “Our customers want yellow bananas, not…
McLane Recognized by Food Logistics
McLane Grocery, a division of McLane Company Inc.’s New Jersey division has received Food Logistics‘ Golden Pallet award for foodservice distribution in the convenience store wholesaler category, Reuters reported. The annual Golden Pallet Awards, sponsored by Food Logistics magazine, are the first industry awards to recognize excellence in warehousing. The award for foodservice distribution…
Los Angeles Proposes C-store Restriction
New regulations are being discussed in South Los Angeles to limited the development of new c-stores due to the link between snack foods (found in abundance at c-stores) and obesity in poor communities, the Los Angeles Times reported. The proposed regulations expand on last year’s restrictions on new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile…
New Quick Chek Store Donates to Volunteer Fire Department
Quick Chek Store Leader Kahtan Barsbay (center) presents the donation to the Wantage Township Volunteer Fire Department along with District Leader Liz Sachtleben (to the right of Barsbay) and Leader in Training Donna Ehrmas (far right). To conclude the celebration of its latest store opening in Wantage, N.J., Quick Chek presented a donation totaling…
Convenience Industry Takes Center Stage
Tips, thoughts and reminders to enhance your NACS Show experience. Move over Ringling Brothers because the NACS Show is indeed “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Beyond the night life, parties, shows and the glitter of the Las Vegas lights lies, by far, the best and most comprehensive trade show and conference in the industry for…
FDA Clarifies Tobacco Ban
Flavored products including cigarettes, RYO and loose tobaccos and rolling papers are no longer legal in U.S. stores; administration said it would look at “little cigars” and similar products on a “case-by-case basis.” The smoking lamp on the majority of flavored tobacco products sold in convenience stores has been extinguished, but the ruling has ignited…