Valero Corner Stores strengthens its relationship with loyal customers through its new CornerStore4U.com Website. Valero Retail Holdings Inc. Corner Store locations delve deeper into the social media world as the company creates the new CornerStore4U.com Website and a store app. The launch enabled more than 100,000 consumers to participate in the free music and movies…
VP Offers C-Stores A New Branding Program
VP Racing Fuels is in the process of creating alternative branding solutions for the retail industry. VP hired both Bryan Noonen and Matt Schuster to be regional mangers of branded wholesale business development because of their background on branding. VP expects to leverage the valuable industry expertise Noonen and Schuster acquired at past companies to…
Smoker Friendly Chooses Keynote Speaker For Conference
Eric Chester, author and speaker, will teach retailers about reviving work ethic with Generation Y at this year’s Smoker Friendly Conference and Tobacco Festival. The 16th Annual Smoker Friendly Conference and Tobacco Festival is set for Aug. 25 to Aug. 28 in Boulder, Colo., and Eric Chester, a well-known author and speaker, plans to give…
Pink Lemonade Energy Shot Shoots Down Breast Cancer
5-hour Energy joins the battle against breast cancer as it introduces its new Pink Lemonade flavor. A portion of each sale of the new Pink Lemonade 5-hour Energy will be donated to the Avon Foundation for Women Breast Cancer Crusade from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2012. Living Essentials LLC, distributor of 5-hour Energy, has…
Grab-and-Go Goodness
Fast Food Systems, LLC. has just introduced a new line of grab-n-go hot sandwiches and burritos under their 320 Main Street label. These items come in frozen and can be merchandized frozen, or in a cold case, but hot is the way to go! We have the answer to drive inside sales with high quality,…
CITGO Freedom Oil Celebrates Its 10th Year In Business
Freedom Oil celebrates its 10th anniversary by offering a month-long rewards program to its loyal customer base. Freedom Oil, a Warsaw, Ind.-based CITGO Marketer, is celebrating its 10th anniversary by offering loyal customers with its Freedom Rewards Program. Customers can earn cents-off-per-gallon rewards based on store purchases marked at Freedom Express locations through Aug. 31.…
Atlas Oil Names New Executive Vice President Of Retail Operations
Atlas Oil chooses James Fiene to serve on its company’s executive team. Atlas Oil named James Fiene as its new executive vice president of retail operations, and a member on the company’s senior leadership team. Fiene served as the chief operating officer for Open Pantry since 2003. During his time at Open Pantry, Fiene transformed…
Pantry Donates To Campaign Through Facebook ‘Likes’
The Pantry Inc. encourages guests to “Like” the Kangaroo Express Facebook page as each “Like” donates a dollar to the USO of North Carolina. The Pantry Inc. announced it plans to donate $1 to the USO of North Carolina for every “Like” received on the Kangaroo Express Facebook page from Aug. 6 through Aug. 17…
Pilot Flying J Announces Plans For New Stores
Pilot Flying J is working on opening two new stores in Virginia and Michigan. Pilot Flying J plans to open two new stores in August. New stores include a location in Harrisonburg, Va., which opens on Aug. 13, and a Port Huron, Mich., location, which opens on Aug. 20. The new locations will feature gas…
Reichel Foods Inc. Recalls Products From C-Stores
A foodservice company recalls a limited number of its snack and lunch products to protect consumers from possible Lysteria cases. Reichel Foods Inc., a healthy snack food company based in Minnesota, issued a voluntary recall for a variety of its products. NACS released a report that said several of the company’s products have the potential…