7-Eleven doubles its numbers from 2003 to 46,000 total stores After breaking both international and domestic store growth records last year, 7-Eleven Inc. plans to have even more growth in 2012. Last year, the chain added more than 4,600 stores throughout the world. About 600 of these stores were built, acquired or transitioned from another…
Small Shopper Concentrations Drive Product Launch Success
Findings from a new Catalina report underscore the importance of reaching and motivating the right customers when introducing new products. A new report published by Catalina, a provider of precise consumer-driven marketing, finds that only a tiny fraction of shoppers determine the success of new Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) product launches. The report explores the…
Veeder-Root Acquires Catlow Assets
Veeder-Root acquired the assets of Catlow Inc., based in Tipp City, Ohio. Catlow is a manufacturer of petroleum dispensing equipment, serving the global market with a broad range of nozzles, swivels, breakaways and other hanging hardware components. Catlow’s customers include large regional retailers in North America, Petroleum Equipment Industry (PEI) distributors and commercial and industrial…
Advancing Car Wash Technologies
Mark VII Equipment Inc., U.S. subsidiary of WashTec AG of Germany, announced two new products at The Car Wash Show in Las Vegas. SoftLine MT leverages Mark VII tunnel technology to a 35-foot rollover bay with a mini-tunnel that can wash as many as 50 cars per hour. It includes an integrated presoak system, wheel…
Gas Sales Still High While Consumers Cut Spending Levels
Recent surveys show that Americans still want to buy gasoline, though they are cutting spending levels in other retail areas. Empathica Inc., a global provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions to more than 200 of the world’s respected brands, announced Thursday that its Consumer Insights Panel survey of 6,500 U.S. consumers found that consumers…
Gold Medal Cereal
Kellogg’s is creating excitement toward the London 2012 Olympic Games with its Cereal-in-a-Cup packages. The packages don’t just promote the 2012 Olympic Games; consumers can be a part of it with the U.S. Olympic Instant Win Game on the packages. The promotion’s grand prize is a trip for four to the U.S. Olympic Training Center…
New Cheddar Design
Kellogg’s Convenience Team changed its packaging for its Cheez-It Snack Mixes to better reflect the product and better market the snack crackers to convenience store consumers. Although the packaging changed, Cheez-It fans can expect the same flavor from the snack. Cheez-It snacks are the No. 1 cracker brand in convenience stores, driving more than 39%…
ABC Cracks Down on Illegal Sales in Virginia
Reports find that about one in every eight stores in Virginia sells tobacco or alcohol to underage buyers. The Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) now has a program to see if alcohol and tobacco retailers follow the law when it comes to selling to underage buyers. The state conducted more than 9,700 underage…
Hoshizaki Hosts Wounded Warriors Project Golf Tournament
Event raises $20,000 for injured service men and women. For the second consecutive year, Hoshizaki America Inc. hosted a scramble golf event benefiting the Wounded Warriors Project: an organization that raises aid for severely injured service men and women. The event was held on Friday, May 11 at White Water Country Club, Fayetteville, Ga. More…
2012 Farm Bill Hearing Excludes Sugar Reform Discussion
“We are disappointed that the Agriculture Committee denied our request to testify at either of the commodity hearings,” says NCA president. The House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities & Risk Management finished two days of Farm Bill hearings today with no mention of the outdated and costly U.S. sugar program. The National Confectioners…