Convenience stores use loyalty programs, also known as rewards programs, to incentivize customers to shop repeatedly at their stores. Loyalty programs are used not only by c-stores but also by major airlines and retailers across channels. Originally, loyalty programs at convenience stores consisted of paper punch cards, also known as club cards, where customers received…
Coca-Cola With Coffee Makes Its Official Debut
Coca-Cola with Coffee is officially making its U.S. debut on Jan. 25. The breakthrough innovation creates the new “refreshment coffee” category with a pioneering proposition that “sips like a Coke and finishes like a coffee” — giving Coca-Cola fans and java lovers alike a refreshing and reinvigorating reset to their daily routine. Coca-Cola with Coffee…
Love’s Adds Pair of New Travel Centers
Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers in Channahon, Ill., and Valley City, N.D., thanks to two travel stops that opened this week. The Channahon store, located off Interstate 55, adds 85 jobs and 91 truck parking spaces to Will County. The Valley City store, located off Interstate 94, adds more than 40 jobs and…
Stewart’s Outlines Plans for Express Stores
There will soon be five Stewart’s Express locations in the Capital Region and Baldwinsville, N.Y. Stewart’s Express is a smaller footprint shop that the New York-based Stewart’s Shops is testing, following its acquisition of Red-Kap and its eight convenience stores, three car washes, a 75-plus dealer network and their fuel distribution business. The new stores…
TravelCenters Expands TruckSmart App Functions
TravelCenters of America Inc. has launched a new feature to its TruckSmart mobile app, allowing professional drivers to activate the diesel pumps and pay for fuel from the comfort of their cabs. The new “PumpSmart” feature is designed to save drivers time while fueling at TA, Petro Stopping Center or TA Express locations. The PumpSmart…
PayComplete Launches as Independent FinTech Platform Company
PayComplete, the former cash management division of SUZOHAPP, announced its launch as an independent FinTech Platform company. With over 1,000 employees in 19 countries serving over 5,000 global businesses, PayComplete immediately becomes a major player in its market segment. PayComplete provides software, hardware devices and services that enable retailers and financial service providers to offer…
Customers Munch Into 2021
Meat snacks and salty snacks remain huge categories for convenience stores, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As customers and retailers finally put 2020 in the rearview mirror, both categories are anticipated to continue their strong performance in 2021. For the 52 weeks ending Nov. 1, 2020, the c-store channel saw dried meat…
QuikTrip Adds Mac and Cheese to Menus
QuikTrip (QT) has created its own take on a classic comfort food: mac and cheese. QT’s newest menu item is made fresh and available at all QT Kitchens locations. QT Mac & Cheese provides versatility for customers who are seeking a snack or meal. It’s made fresh with four cheeses: cheddar, parmesan, American and Monterey…
USPP Purchases Wholesale Assets of Tri-Lakes Petroleum
U.S. Petroleum Partners (USPP) announced that it has purchased the wholesale assets of Tri-Lakes Petroleum. This transaction, which closed in December 2020, will further utilize USPP’s existing pipeline terminal and dealer portfolio in southwest Michigan and northern Ohio. The entire Tri-Lakes Management team will remain in place. The new entity will be named USPP-Tri-Lakes. Tri-Lakes…
Murphy Offering Bonds to Fund Quick Chek Deal
El Dorado, Ark.-based Murphy USA Inc. announced the planned private offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031 by its wholly owned subsidiary, Murphy Oil USA Inc., subject to market and other conditions. Murphy USA intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to finance, in part, its acquisition of…