Kum & Go is looking to open at least five new locations in the Pikes Peak region. Midwest-based convenience store chain Kum & Go is considering opening five or more locations in Colorado Springs, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported, citing proposals Kum & Go submitted to Colorado Springs and Monument officials. Colorado Springs has given…
7-Eleven Participates In One City One Hire Program
7-Eleven hosts job fair to draw Washington D.C.-based applicants. 7-Eleven Inc. is participating in One City One Hire, Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s new initiative to get District residents employed, the Washington Post reported. At a job fair Monday at the Department of Employment Services headquarters, 7-Eleven offered 26 District residents jobs at its…
Cumberland Farms Selects Spacenet’s Managed Network Services
Spacenet to upgrade and manage Cumberland Farms’ network at retail locations. Cumberland Farms Inc. has selected Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., and provider of managed network services, to upgrade and manage its communications infrastructure at more than 600 stores across 11 states. The upgraded network solution will utilize DSL…
Cheerwine Partners With Pepsi Beverage Co.
Brand doubles its availability by expanding with the Pepsi Beverages Co. into Florida, Atlanta and Memphis. Legendary southern soft drink Cheerwine has taken a game changing leap forward in its quest to become available nationally, doubling its market size by partnering with Pepsi Beverages Co. (PBC) to expand distribution in Florida, Atlanta and Memphis. The…
Handee Marts Reports Strong Resuts on Recycling Program
7-Eleven licensee Handee Marts Inc. reported strong results from its new PepsiCo Dream Machine recycling initiative. Handee Marts launched PepsiCo’s Dream Machine recycling program in June 2011. Since the program’s launch, more than 121,400 beverage containers have been recycled in Dream Machines at Handee Marts. For all the bottles and cans recycled at Handee Marts–and…
Holiday Stationstores Adds In Zone Brands
Holiday expands its offering of healthy and fun beverages for children. Holiday Stationstores is offering products from In Zone Brands, makers of BellyWashers, TummyTickler and TummyTickler Tots healthy and fun children’s beverages. Holiday Stationstores now offers eight-ounce BellyWashers and six-ounce TummyTickler single serve bottles at 270 of its upper Midwest stores. “We are very excited…
Jack Link’s To Acquire Underwood, Iowa Warehouse Facility
Acquisition provides increased distribution center capacity to meet growing demand. Jack Link’s Beef Jerky has reached an agreement to acquire a distribution facility located in Underwood, Iowa from The Oriental Trading Co., a direct merchant of party supplies, small toys and novelties. The transaction is expected to close by the end of November, subject to…
7-Eleven, Pepsi Partner on Feeding America Campaign
Up to $250,000 to be donated to Feeding America from every Pepsi purchase. 7-Eleven Inc. and Pepsi have partnered to ask consumers to help relieve domestic hunger by purchasing a Pepsi trademark product at participating 7-Eleven locations nationwide, with proceeds of up to $250,000 going to Feeding America. Through Dec. 31, Pepsi plans to donate…
Dead River Co. Sells Stores To Circle K
Stores scheduled to transition to Circle K ownership in December. After about 40 years in business, Dead River Co. is selling its 19 convenience stores to Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s Circle K, Bangor Daily News reported. “We’re not closing them; we’re selling them,” Alan Dorr, general manager for procurement at Dead River’s South Portland, Maine headquarters…
Wild Price Swings in Wholesale Gasoline Market
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Day to day, markets of various stripes have seen wide price movements, reflecting not only uncertainty but fear. These broad swings are also true for gasoline, which has had several whipsaw sessions of its own with no sign of abate, while gasoline also reacts to broader…