Parker’s Kitchen recently opened its first store in Aiken, S.C. The new store is the “first of many retail locations planned for the Aiken, S.C., and Augusta, Ga., regions,” the company noted in a press release. Strategically positioned at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Hwy. and Hitchcock Pkwy., the company’s newest store offers Southern-style, made-from-scratch…
QuikTrip Partners With 100 Coconuts
QuikTrip has announced a new partnership with 100 Coconuts, a fast-growing premium coconut water brand. With the partnership, QuikTrip customers in Georgia will have access to 100 Coconuts Pure Coconut Water. Following successful launches in Publix and Costco locations across the Southeast, 100 Coconuts continues its expansion by entering 165 QuikTrip’s stores. “Known for its…
H&S Energy Acquires Andretti Petroleum Group
H&S Energy has announced the successful acquisition of Andretti Petroleum Group’s convenience retail, fuels distribution, cardlock, fleet card, commercial fueling, car wash, lubricants and transportation businesses. Andretti Petroleum Group is one of the largest convenience retail and fuels distribution businesses on the West Coast and Pacific Northwest, operating in northern California, Oregon and Washington. Prior…
Hoshizaki America Starts Construction on New Warehouse
Hoshizaki America has announced the groundbreaking for its new two-story warehouse, located adjacent to its current manufacturing facility in Peachtree City, Ga. The groundbreaking marks the beginning of construction for a 120,000 square foot facility that will “revolutionize Hoshizaki’s material flow throughout fabrication and assembly processes for its commercial ice machines,” the company noted in…
TravelCenters of America Opens New Arkansas Site
TravelCenters of America (TA) has announced the opening of its newest travel center location in Atkins, Ark. The new travel center is a franchised site offering food, fuel, convenience items and other services and amenities for professional truck drivers and motorists. With the opening of TA Atkins, there are a total of five TA locations…
ARKO/GPM Break Ground on New Fast Market Store
ARKO Corp. subsidiary GPM Investments has broken ground on a new-to-industry Fast Market branded location in Gilbert, Ariz. The location is scheduled to open later this year. The store will be 5,600 square feet, and will offer customers food and beverage service options of bean-to-cup hot and iced coffee, Frazil frozen drinks, donuts, cookies, breakfast…
Love’s to Host Two-Day National Hiring Event
Love’s Travel Stops has announced its two-day National Hiring Event — taking place on March 26 and 27 — through which the chain seeks to hire 2,000 employees. The in-person event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores and Speedco and Love’s Truck Care…
Sheetz Breaks Ground on First Detroit Location
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz recently gathered with elected officials and representatives from local nonprofit organizations to break ground on its first Detroit, Mich., area location. Located in Romulus, Mich., this will be the first of 50-60 locations Sheetz plans to open in the Detroit area within the next five to six years. This store is projected…
U-Stop Convenience Shops Acquires 11 Shop Quik Locations
Lincoln, Neb.-based U-Stop Convenience Shops has completed the acquisition of 11 company-operated stores from Shop Quik Convenience Stores, based in Manhattan, Kan. Shop Quik Convenience Stores was started in 1981 when Greg and Pat Junghans opened their first liquor store in Junction City, Kan., and their first convenience store in 1983. Over the years, they…
Dollar Tree to Shutter Almost 1,000 Stores
Dollar Tree — parent company of Family Dollar — has announced plans to close almost 1,000 stores over the next several years. The first round of closures will take place in the first half of fiscal 2024, as the company will shutter 600 Family Dollar stores. “During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, the company…