J & J Snack Foods Corp. of California, has acquired the assets of California Churros, a premium manufacturer of churros located in Colton, Calif. California Churros had sales of approximately $11 million in 2009. The founding Martinez family will be staying on to serve with the company, which will remain in Colton. “We are pleased…
Kangaroo Express Adds Music, Messaging Solutions
Cary, N.C.-based The Pantry Inc. is deploying music and messaging solutions from Fluid Music Canada’s Trusonic Inc., a provider of Internet-delivered music and messaging services for businesses, to a number of its 1,647 Kangaroo Express locations. Consistent with The Pantry’s mission to provide an excellent customer experience at each location, Trusonic plans to customize a multi-zone music and messaging solution…
BP Gives Second $25 Million Grant to Alabama
BP is providing the State of Alabama with an additional $25 million grant to continue implementation of the State’s Area Contingency Plan in the wake of the oil spill from the MC252 well. This $25 million grant is in addition to a previous $25 million block grant that BP announced on May 5 to help…
Summer “Sub-tacular”
Quick Chek is kicking off the first official day of summer with thousands of its customers as it proclaims the day Quick Chek’s Summer “Sub-tacular” Day. Customers visiting any Quick Chek location Monday, June 21 between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. can receive a Quick Chek iLoveMySub.com stamp on their hand. Upon returning to the store…
Ruyan America Goes Prime Time
Ruyan America Inc. and Prime Time International Co. have inked an exclusive product development, brand marketing and supply agreement, CSD has learned. Under the terms of the agreement, Phoenix-based Prime Time will become the exclusive North American distributor and marketer of Ruyan America’s digital smoking alternatives and will provide input and direction with respect to…
Iowa Helping Casey’s Fight
What a difference location can make. Casey’s, one of 12 public companies incorporated in Iowa, should be thankful right now it’s not incorporated in, say, Delaware where it might not have an much latitude to defend itself form Couche-Tard’s hostile bid. In the New York Times, Steven Davidoff, writing as The Deal Professor, who weighs…
Wawa Hosts Third Hoagiefest Tour
For a third year, Wawa is taking its 1960s-inspired Hoagiefest on the road with stops this summer at stores in Rio Grande, N.J.; Toms River, N.J.; Sandston, Va.; Philadelphia and Lewes, Del. These one-day festivals pay tribute to the almighty hoagie, bringing together hoagie fanatics from across the region to celebrate their love of Wawa and…
Casey’s: Couche-Tard Using “Questionable Tactics”
Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s Board of Directors voted to recommend that Casey’s shareholders reject Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s $36.00 per common share cash tender offer, stating that it substantially undervalues Casey’s and is not in the best interests of Casey’s, its shareholders and other constituencies. On June 8, Casey’s filed a Schedule 14D-9 with the Securities…
Shell, Virent Seek To Develop Biodiesel
Shell has taken an equity stake in Virent Energy Systems Inc., (Virent) and begun a joint technology program, aiming to convert plant sugars directly into diesel. Since 2007, Shell and Virent have been conducting a joint research and development effort to make biogasoline from plant sugars, culminating late last year in the start-up of a…
Tedeschi Remodels Stores
At a time when many retailers are cutting back on spending, Tedeschi Food Shops is aggressively reinvesting in renovations of its convenience store locations. Recently, 23 locations, including stores in North Weymouth, Chelmsford, Billerica, Westford and Needham have undergone major remodels at an average cost of $250,000 per store in an effort to offer more…