For about a week, drivers in the Lake Dallas, Texas area enjoyed less expensive gas as the result of a battle to sell gasoline, Denton Record Chronicle reported. The gas sales battle took place between two neighboring c-stores-a new QuikTrip that opened on Sept. 3 and a Circle K, both of which were…
KSS Introduces PriceNet SaaS
KSS Inc. has introduced PriceNet SaaS, a hosted version of the company’s fuel price management software for convenience and grocery retailers. The new solution gives fuel providers the option to obtain automated fuel price management via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, where the application and accompanying customer database and information resides and is managed by KSS…
Atlas Oil Opens Rail Fuel Transfer Terminal
Atlas Oil Co. said it has opened a rail fuel transfer terminal in Albuquerque, N.M. Located at the BNSF Railway yard, the new Atlas terminal is capable of handling 9 rail tankers for off loading ethanol. Atlas will initially be providing ethanol and transportation services to a major oil company/refiner who currently ships ethanol…
Casey’s Welcomes Strong First Quarter
Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s fiscal first-quarter earnings soared 54%, which was much higher than expected thanks to lower retail fuel costs and the company’s decision to lock in costs for cheese, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Strong gas margins and enhanced profitability inside the stores were the primary reasons for the record quarter,”…
CSD Joins PCATS as a Solid Media Partner
The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) today announced that Convenience Store Decisions magazine, a brand of diversified business-to-business media company Harbor Communications, is the newest member of the association and its representatives will be active participants of the PCATS Membership & Marketing Committee. “We are delighted to welcome Convenience Store Decisions…
Credit Card Coalition Bites Back at C-Stores
The Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC), a coalition of credit cards and banks fighting against interchange reform, accused c-stores of overcharging customers for products in an advertisement, NACS reported. EPC took out a full page ad in the Sept. 8 issue of Politico, a Capital Hill publication. The ad begins, “The only thing…
Rutter’s Announces Final Free-Gas Winners
Rutter’s Farm Stores of York, Pa., has announced the final two winners of its “Fuel Up Free!” contest that in total awarded eight customers free gas for one year over the last few months. The lucky final recipients were Lori Pauline of New Freedom and Adam Dill of York who make up the…
Retail Gasoline Mixed
Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor for Telvent DTN Most drivers filling up with gasoline in the country’s major metropolitan markets following the Labor Day holiday will discover a modest decline in pump prices at their local stations induced by a decrease in wholesale costs leading up to summer’s final holiday. However, lower…
Wilson Farms to Offer Free Coffee on 9/11
Wilson Farms will be giving away FREE coffee from 6 to 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11th to help support U.S. troops and their families. “Stop into any of our 190 locations on Friday morning and fill up a 12 oz. cup of your favorite coffee or cappuccino for free,” said Paul Nanula, CEO…
The Road To Economic Recovery
New unemployment data is revealing why it will take the labor market years to recover from what has been one of its fastest and deepest declines since World War II, even as experts assure us economic recovery is around the corner, the Washington Post reported. On Friday, the Department of Labor released a…