New balloon shapes include an 80-foot, bright pink elephant and a 12-story Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Association with PNC Bank, the largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival in North America, is celebrating its 30th festival July 27-28-29, 2012. The three-day festival at Solberg Airport in Readington…
Keep Stores Smelling Fresh In Summer
Restrooms, dumpsters and drain lines are among areas foodservice operators need to pay extra close attention to on hot summer days. Recent record temperatures have made foodservice venues a haven for people dodging the heat. However, higher temperatures can mean more than just oppressive heat and humidity—they can also create malodors. Cintas a provider of…
Budweiser Introduces Six Small-Batch Beers
Named for the zip codes where they’re brewed, the six finalists are being sampled nationwide this summer. Twelve Anheuser-Busch brewmasters at Budweiser’s 12 geographically dispersed breweries have worked together to create their own “tribute” beers to fit the Budweiser brand’s reputation for quality and consistency as part of “Project 12.” The assignment pays homage to…
Kangaroo Express Hands Out Hot Dogs
Kangaroo Express promotes its foodservice by handing out free hot dogs on National Hot Dog Day. The Pantry Inc. celebrates National Hot Dog Day this upcoming Monday, July 23, by offering a free hot dog to every guest at its 1,160 grill-ready Kangaroo Express c-stores. The Kangaroo Express invites customers to stop by participating stores…
Circle K Enters Agreement With NJOY
Circle K focuses on evolving its sale of e-cigarettes through a partnership with NJOY. Circle K entered a partnership with NJOY electronic cigarettes for chain-wide corporate store distribution in 3,100 U.S. retail locations as of August 2012. Circle K has been an early leader in the e-cigarette category, and this new partnership further strengthens NJOY’s…
PureCloud Security
nCircle, leader in information risk and security performance management, announced the release of PureCloud Enterprise, a cost-effective scanning solution that assists with security visibility. Scan results can be seamlessly integrated into nCircle Suite360 Intelligence Hub to provide a single view of security risk. Pricing for the product starts at $2,417. The product offers the following…
FOAC Charity Golf Outing Benefits Chicago-Area Nonprofits
7-Eleven Franchise Owners of Chicagoland invites its team and the public to help out in its annual charity golf outing to support two local nonprofits. 7-Eleven Franchise Owners of Chicagoland (FOAC) wants to fundraise for two local nonprofits by hosting a charity golf outing on Aug 22 at the Gleneagles Country Club in Lemont, Ill.…
AllOver Media Creates a Larger Gas Station Ad Network
AllOver Media acquires GSA Media to gain dominance in the fast-growing gas station advertising market. AllOver Media Inc. recently acquired GSA Media, a division of Brite Media Group, to solidify its place in the gas station advertising market. Tony Jacobson, founder and CEO for AllOver Media, said this acquisition is important for the company’s plans…
Alimentation Couche-Tard Acquires 27 Stores
Alimentation Couche-Tard builds company-operated business in its West Coast Division as it plans to acquire a handful of Sun Mart stores. Alimentation Couche-Tard has signed an agreement to acquire 27 stores from Sun Pacific Energy in Eastern Washington State, mostly in the tri-city area of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland. The transaction is expected to close…
Susser Releases Pricing For Wellspring’s Secondary Offering Of Common Stock
Susser prices approximately 5 million shares of its common stock. Susser Holdings Corp. announced it has priced a public secondary offering by affiliates of Wellspring Capital Management of 5 million shares of Susser common stock at a price of $36 per share. Wellspring has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 750,000…