Hurricane preparedness in five easy steps. By Ryan Mossman, vice president and general manager of FuelQuest’s Fuel Services. Earlier this year, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center announced an “above average” hurricane season for 2013. Eighteen tropical storms, nine of which will be hurricanes, are on the horizon. Even more concerning, there is a 72%…
Parker’s Market Urban Gourmet Honored With TripAdvisor
“We’re delighted to be recognized by our loyal customers for the quality of our prepared foods at Parker’s Market,” says Parker’s CEO. Parker’s Market Urban Gourmet, the nationally-recognized Parker’s convenience store company’s flagship location, was recently honored by TripAdvisor with a 2013 Certificate of Excellence. The TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence is awarded to businesses ranking…
Providence R.I. Appeal Challenges Tobacco Ordinances
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled an oral argument for Monday, July 29, 2013 in Boston, regarding the appeal of a federal district court decision to uphold Providence, R.I. ordinances banning retailers from redeeming tobacco product coupons, prohibit multi-pack tobacco product discount pricing, and not allowing the sale of certain flavored tobacco products,…
Kangaroo Express Launches Third Annual ‘Salute Our Troops’ Campaign
Guests can donate Independence Day through Labor Day; $5.7 million raised in last two years benefited the USO and other military support organizations. The Pantry Inc. has announced the third annual Salute Our Troops campaign, inviting customers in its more than 1,550 Kangaroo Express convenience stores across 13 states to demonstrate united support for military…
Refresh Your Coffee Menu
As iced coffee has experienced double-digit growth in recent years and continues to rise, operators have the chance to increase profit while meeting consumer demand with convenient, easy-to-brew iced coffee options from Gevalia and Maxwell House. No longer just a warm-weather beverage, more and more consumers are drinking iced coffee year round. Kraft Foodservice is…
Driving New Business
By John Lofstock, Editor. Hailed by many as an emerging threat to the tobacco cigarette industry, electronic cigarettes are providing smokers with an alternative to traditional tobacco-based smoking. But these battery-operated devices serve as much more than a nicotine delivery system, they are serving as a shot in the arm for an entire industry. E-cigarettes…
Protecting Your Brand
It takes a lifetime to build a personal and professional reputation, but, fair or not, it could take just a minute to lose it. By Jim Callahan. I’ve always preached and firmly believe that one reprimand wipes out 10 “atta boys.” To me, this is an absolute truism that I always caution employees about. I…
Who’s Minding the E-Cigarette Industry?
By Marilyn Odesser-Torpey, Associate Editor and John Lofstock, Editor. Should electronic tobacco devices be regulated as tobacco products or are they something completely different? Four new trade associations with varying opinions and agendas guide this booming category. With 3.5 million e-cigarette users and an estimated $1 billion in smoke-free alternative sales, this up-and-coming industry continues…
Gasoline Prices Tumble As Stimulus Reduced
By Brian Milne, Energy Editor for Schneider Electric. Futures prices for gasoline are down a sharp 7% from their mid-month high during early trading for the final week of June, pressured by concern over the effect on demand when government stimulus efforts conclude, which in turn spurred strength for the U.S. dollar. The nearest delivered…
FDA Announces First Decisions On New Tobacco Products
“Today’s decisions are just the first of many forthcoming product review actions to be issued,” says director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. For the first time since the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 gave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products, the agency…