After a 24 year hiatus, 7-Eleven returns to the Charlotte, N.C. market. 7-Eleven Inc. is buying 55 Sam’s Mart stores in North and South Carolina, marking its return to the Charlotte, N.C. market after 24 years, the Dallas Business Journal reported. Dallas-based 7-Eleven previously sold its 33 stores in the Charlotte market in 1988. Although…
TA Donates More Than $212,000 to SCF
Second annual campaign results in largest donation to truckers fund. TravelCenters of America LLC (TA) wrapped up its second annual ‘Band Together for SCF’ campaign with $212,538.87 in donations to support the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF). Customers and employees of TA and Petro Stopping Centers made donations from Nov. 15 –…
TETCO Donates $206,385 To JDRF
TETCO has gifted more than $800,000 to the nonprofit since 2005. TETCO has donated $206,385 to The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), South Central Texas Chapter, to help support the organization’s continued quest to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, a life-threatening auto immune disease. “TETCO has been such an amazing partner with JDRF…
7-Eleven Offers Healthy Eating Resolution Advice
Customers on a diet can make better-for-you food choices at their local convenience store. 7-Eleven Inc. Corporate Dietitian Patsy Ross has advice for resolution makers who find themselves often falling short of their New Years goals, and how to make healthy eating choices at their local c-store. She noted some resolution-makers try such drastic changes,…
Sheetz Debuts New Locations
New stores in West Virginia and North Carolina welcomed customers for the first time Thursday. Sheetz opened two new stores on Jan. 26. One store opened in Beckley, W.Va.—marking the second store in the area—and the other in McGee’s Crossroads near Benson, N.C., located at 13433 NC Highway 210. Doors officially open to customers Thursday…
Rutter’s Wins Top Mobile App at NRF
Blackberry, iPhone and Android users can access the Rutter’s mobile app for information on gas prices and more. Rutter’s mobile app was named the Best Mobile Application at the recent Customer Engagement Awards held during the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual convention in New York City. “It is great to have our innovation being recognized…
ALON Offers Date Night at Your Local Convenience Store
Winners arrive in a limousine to feast on roller grill items, and also get an all-expenses paid trip to a big city of their choice. More than 850 ALON convenience stores, located throughout Texas and New Mexico, have a new twist on an old (but still great) idea–Date Night. By simply texting “DATE” to the…
Kum & Go’s Chief Operating Officer To Retire
An internal and external search is being launched for a new chief operating officer. Kum & Go Chief Operating Officer Dennis Folden is retiring from the company later this summer. According to Folden, after more than four decades at Kum & Go, he felt the timing was perfect. “I have been honored to serve Kum…
Taco Bell Tests Breakfast
Taco Bell tests a “first meal” option and an upscale “Cantina Bell” menu. Taco Bell, usually known as the go-to-place for a late night “fourth meal” craving for cheap tacos and gorditas, is rolling out “first meal” or breakfast, the Huffington Post reported. Following a five year test, Taco Bell is set to debut an…
CITGO Announces Roundtable Meetings
Marketer Roundtable Meetings to showcase new programs and programs for the company. CITGO Petroleum Corp. is convening 18 Marketer Roundtable Meetings in the New Year, each with a strong message of growth in 2012. Scattered throughout its marketing footprint, these meetings provide opportunities for marketers to hear directly from the CITGO team about new programs…