La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2021. The Employees’ Choice Award is based solely on the input of employees, who provide anonymous feedback on the Glassdoor website by completing a company review about their job, work environment and employer. Kwik…
Choice Market to Open 5,000-Square-Foot Frictionless Store in Denver
Denver-based Choice Market announced the launch of a frictionless market featuring its proprietary One Choice shopping experience this March in Denver. Choice’s newest market, Choice Bannock, located at 939 Bannock St., will be one of the world’s largest personalized and frictionless markets. In keeping with the brand’s relentless focus on reinventing convenience, particularly in today’s…
One in Four CBD Users Are ‘COVID Commencers’
Almost one in four U.S. CBD consumers began using CBD in the pandemic months of 2021, equivalent to 9 million new users, while more than one in three longer-term CBD users (an estimated 13.4 million adults) sampled at least one new product type during this time, according to a national study of CBD users by…
Enmarket Opens New Georgia Travel Center
Savannah, Ga.-based Enmarket recently opened its latest new store, located in Pooler, Ga. The travel center serves both regular travelers and heavy truck traffic. The new Pooler, Ga., store — Enmarket’s fourth in the west Chatham municipality — is Enmarket 128th store. The chain’s expansion in Chatham County beginning in 2020 went from the eastside…
Marathon Names New CFO
Marathon Petroleum Corp. this week announced that Maryann T. Mannen will succeed retiring CFO Donald C. Templin. Mannen will join the company as executive vice president and CFO effective Jan. 25. “Having spent nearly a decade as CFO in the energy services and manufacturing sectors, Maryann brings the financial acumen and strategic leadership experience critical…
Stewart’s Shops Completes Red-Kap Deal
Stewart’s Shops has completed its acquisition of Red-Kap. The acquired assets include eight convenience stores, four car washes (one is currently under construction) and a fuel distribution to 75-plus dealers, which is the heart of the deal. Stewart’s Shops will maintain the branding of the Mobil, Citgo and Sunoco stations, and will convert two of…
Tobacco Tally
This time last year, convenience store owners and operators were dealt a double whammy: First they had to adapt to the recently passed federal minimum tobacco purchase age of 21; then they had to pull product in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on most flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Next,…
PDI Acquires Cybera, ControlScan Managed Security Services
PDI has acquired Cybera Inc. and ControlScan Managed Security Services (MSS). Both are leading providers of managed security solutions to protect customers against cybersecurity threats. The acquisition complements PDI’s existing industry-focused cloud product strategy, bringing customers a fully managed, cloud-based network security solution. “Security is becoming increasingly important in our industry as many businesses embrace…
A Brighter 2021 Lies Ahead
Good riddance to 2020. It was the most challenging year for all of us personally and professionally. But as I’ve said so many times, the convenience store industry served as an example of the very best this country has to offer from Day 1 of the deadly coronavirus. In the face of this expanding pandemic,…
RaceTrac Enters the Alabama Market After 15 Years
Atlanta-based RaceTrac has re-entered the Alabama market with a new location in Gardendale, Ala., and has further expansion plans in the state, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. The Gardendale, Ala., store marks the first time in 15 years that RaceTrac has had a location in Alabama. “We are thrilled to bring the full RaceTrac…