Love’s Travel Stops has opened two new locations in Willcox, Ariz., and Lucedale, Miss. The location in Willcox, located off Interstate 10 at 1600 N. Fort Grant Road, adds 65 jobs and 60 truck parking spaces to Cochise County. The location in Lucedale, located off Highway 98 at 2127 Hopper Road, adds 75 jobs and…
Gilbarco Veeder-Root Retail Solutions Rebrands as Invenco by GVR
Gilbarco Veeder-Root Retail Solutions has rebranded as Invenco by GVR, bringing together GVR’s time-tested retail solutions business with best-in-class technology from recently acquired Invenco. As a global leader in the payments and c-store industries, Invenco by GVR aims to be the operating system for convenience retail by providing retailers with agile technology solutions that will…
Stewart’s Shops Opens New York Location
Stewart’s Shops opened a new store in Utica, N.Y. As one of four shops in the Utica area, the new site is located just minutes away from Utica University and the Utica Zoo. The large location offers customer favorites like chili, mac and cheese, soups and meatballs at the new, expansive food bar. This new…
Marathon and ARCO Raise Money for Special Olympics
Marathon and ARCO teamed up with DASANI and the Law Enforcement Torch Run to raise over $575,000 for Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) athletes. More than 750 ARCO and ARCO ampm sites across Southern California and Yuma, Ariz., raised money through Flame of Hope Torch Icon sales. SOSC also received a portion of proceeds from every bottle…
f’real Launches Worldwide Marketing Campaign
f’real has launched a large-scale marketing campaign in an effort to motivate consumers to visit c-stores. Through colorful, otherworldly graphics, the “Discover Your f’real” campaign encourages users to visit this link and locate retailers nearby that include a f’real machine. Over 24,000 locations worldwide offer f’real — including c-stores, foodservice areas, college campuses and more…
Shell to Launch New Loyalty Tier for Fuel Rewards Program
Shell has announced the launch of its new Fuel Rewards loyalty tier, Platinum Status, which is powered by PDI Technologies. This latest addition to the Fuel Rewards program at Shell lets customers who qualify for Platinum Status save 10 cents per gallon on every fill-up and offers double the savings when shopping for select products…
Cenex Zip Trip Launches Summer Giveaway
Cenex Zip Trip has announced the plans for its fourth annual summer giveaway promotion. Called the “Dog Days of Summer Gas Giveaway,” the promotion begins July 17 and runs for seven weeks, concluding Sept. 4 on Labor Day. Customers who are 21 years and older can visit any of Cenex Zip Trip’s 39 stores during…
Global Partners to Sell 54 Sites
Global Partners LP decided to sell 54 non-strategic locations with gasoline in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Of the 54 sites, 21 are located in Connecticut, five in Massachusetts, one in Maryland, three in New Hampshire, 10 in New York, two in Rhode Island, one in Virginia and 10 in Vermont. The majority of sites are…
7-Eleven to Celebrate National Free Slurpee Day
7-Eleven has announced the return of National Free Slurpee Day, which occurs on 7-Eleven Day — July 11, reported National Today. With the event first being celebrated in 2022, the company’s iconic Slurpee drink has been around since the late 1950s. Originally created by Omar Knedlik, the Slurpee was discovered by accident after one of…
Alta Convenience Acquires Eight Retail Sites
Alta Convenience has acquired eight stores owned by Duran Oil, based in Trinidad, Colo., that are marketed under the JR’s Fuel Stop name. J.R. (Ray) Duran began delivering fuel as a bobtail driver back in 1957. In 1977, Duran Oil Co. was founded by J.R., his wife Lidia and Ray E. Duran (J.R.’s son). J.R.…