Convenience retail and fuel marketing company Parkland Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire M&M Food Market, a restaurant-quality frozen food retailer that brings high-quality, convenient food choices to Canadians. The acquisition, Parkland said in a statement, represents one of many steps the company is taking in its retail diversification strategy to…
7-Eleven Launches Subscription Delivery Service
7-Eleven announced that it upgraded its 7NOW delivery app with the new 7NOW Gold Pass subscription delivery service, where customers can get their delivery fee waived on a choice of more than 3,000 of 7-Eleven’s products: anything from hot, fresh food and drinks to household items, snacks, groceries and more. For $5.95 a month, customers…
Restaurant Brands With Digital Access More Likely to Succeed
Newton, Mass.-based digital guest experience platform Paytronix Systems Inc. published the latest report in its ongoing series “The Digital Divide: Delivery Service Aggregators and The Digital Shift,” a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration. The report highlights how ease-of-use, convenience are the top drivers when consumers make restaurant purchasing decisions. What’s more, even in on-premises situations, restaurants…
Street Corner’s Post-Pandemic Reinvention
Street Corner may not be the new kid on the block — it first entered the market in the mid-1980s — but the chain’s reinvention post-pandemic positions it as a cutting-edge, modern c-store business. With a new CEO at the wheel, Street Corner recently debuted a revamped foodservice menu and is aggressively rolling out three…
GPM Investments Ready With Winter Deals
GPM Investments announced its winter season promotions, running through March 29, including winter deals that will help customers save on essentials for Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day, as well as extra savings for enrolled fas Rewards members. GPM’s winter deals make any one of its 18-banner family of stores a destination for customers looking…
Kum & Go Partners With BLK & Bold Coffee Brand
Kum & Go recently partnered with premium coffee brand BLK & Bold to elevate customers’ coffee options. Currently available at 35 Kum & Go locations in Little Rock, Ark.; Omaha, Neb.; and Des Moines, Iowa, BLK & Bold’s featured roasts are all sustainably grown, small-batch roasted and Fair Trade Certified. “Kum & Go is committed…
Chicken Sales Flying High
C-store retailers are raking in foodservice profits with chicken programs and finding the versatile protein helps make them a destination for food, while opening the door to easy menu expansion. Chicken is more than a part of the foodservice offering at Fremont, Ohio-based FriendShip Food Stores; it is the crux of it, according to Kirk…
Foxtrot Raises Additional $100 Million in Funding
Foxtrot announced it received $100 million in Series C funding, led by D1 Capital Partners with continued participation from existing investors Monogram, Imaginary, Almanac, Wittington, Fifth Wall and Beliade and joined historical investors Lerer Hippeau and Revolution. The Series C brings total funding to $160 million. Founded by Mike LaVitola and Taylor Bloom in 2014,…
S. Abraham & Sons Set for Annual Trade Show
S. Abraham & Sons, a subsidiary of Imperial Trading Co., will host its 36th Annual Vendor Exhibit & Trade Show in 2022 with a hybrid of in-person and online ordering. SAS is celebrating 95 years in February 2022 and the show theme reflects the anniversary: “Celebrating 95 years of Monopolizing Profits for the Convenience Store…
High-Capacity Oil Dispensing System
Frontline International is introducing a new, higher-capacity version of the EZ Fresh Oil Dispensing System, which will dramatically increase the amount of oil it can store. The new EZ Fresh Oil Dispensing System has three boxes of oil plumbed to an expanded reservoir, for a capacity of 280 pounds of oil tapped and ready to flow […]