Love’s Travel Shops partnered with Chester’s Chicken to bring back Truckersgiving, the annual holiday season celebration that recognizes and appreciates professional drivers for their service. One week before Thanksgiving — on Thursday, Nov. 17 — Chester’s and Love’s will honor truck drivers with a free Super Snack meal for the first 100 guests at each…
Better-For-You Veggie-Filled Muffins
Veggies Made Great brings its portfolio of veggie-rich muffins to convenience stores nationwide with a new individually wrapped grab-and-go format. Veggies Made Great sweet muffins are made with clean ingredients like real veggies in convenient, handheld formats designed to work in grab-and-go warmers. Veggies Made Great’s Individually Wrapped Sweet Muffins include flavors such as: Double […]
Why Does My C-Store Need a Foodservice Program?
The days of gasoline, Cokes and smokes being enough to support a convenience store are long gone. More and more customers are looking to their neighborhood c-stores for quick and easy mealtime solutions to eat on the go or around the family dinner table. As gasoline prices rise and tobacco products become increasingly regulated, retailers…
Hatco Acquires Food Warming Equipment Co.
Milwaukee-headquartered Hatco Corp. announced the purchase of Food Warming Equipment Co. Inc. (FWE) — a manufacturer specializing in heated holding cabinets, cook & hold ovens, smokers, refrigerated cabinets, transport carts and more. FWE has locations in Crystal Lake, Ill., and Portland, Tenn. “Like Hatco, FWE has been serving its customers for close to 70 years.…
ARKO Corp. Acquires Pride Convenience Holdings
ARKO Corp., through its subsidiary GPM Investments, has recently decided to acquire Pride Convenience Holdings, LLC. Pride operates 31 convenience stores in highly desirable locations. This acquisition would expand ARKO’s convenience store footprint into Massachusetts, making it the 34th state in which the company will operate. “Our agreement to acquire Pride highlights ARKO’s continued focus on…
Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese Bowl
Chester’s Chicken is giving its most popular side the entrée treatment: introducing the Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese Bowl. The new entrée is a spicy, bold twist on the classic comfort food and is available for a limited time, now through Jan. 17, 2023, at participating Chester’s locations. Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese is Chester’s […]
Should My C-Store Add a Chicken Program?
With so many foodservice programs to choose from, c-store retailers must evaluate which offering is going to resonate best with their customers. A chicken program is one such option that many convenience store retailers find success with. With both a health halo and great versatility, chicken appeals to a wide range of customers. Americans love…
7-Eleven Offers Halloween Deal
7-Eleven announced it is offering 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards loyalty members a buy one, get one free deal on any large pizza on Oct. 31., as well as a $5 large pizza all Halloween weekend long. Both offers are available at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes stores. With a variety of toppings and mouthwatering sauces,…
Should My C-Store Add a Sandwich Program?
Convenience store operators who are weighing the possibility of adding a sandwich program may be biting off more than they can chew — which is saying a mouthful. Foodservice is not the same as retailing, so those c-store retailers who are undertaking a sandwich program will need to deal with a flurry of issues, perhaps…
Mastering Foodservice Training
Employee training is a crucial investment for convenience store retailers today, and it’s even more important when it comes to the foodservice counter where missteps can result in public health and safety issues that can hurt the business. For those c-stores just embarking on a foodservice program, before developing a training program, retailers must become…