Convenience store retailers continue to grapple with how best to respond to the disruption of frictionless checkout. I recently spoke with Crone Consulting’s CEO Richard Crone and Managing Partner Heidi Liebenguth for a podcast on autonomous checkout. Crone pointed out that Amazon Go is working at a 99.99% confidence level. “If something does fail, from…
ExtraMile Opens 900th Location
ExtraMile Convenience Stores, a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Jacksons Food Stores, opened its 900th store, located in Carlsbad, Calif., as it continues to expand across more of the western U.S., with plans to double the number of ExtraMile sites nationwide by 2027. The Carlsbad store is operated by G&M Oil Co., which…
TravelCenters of America Survey Results Highlight Customer Satisfaction
TravelCenters of America Inc. (TA) announced that it has dominated the annual “Voted Best” survey, created to gather professional driver feedback on truck stop services and amenities. The 13th annual poll examines services provided at the TA and Petro branded locations with those of its competition. It is conducted by an independent agency and was…
Cliff’s Local Market Reopens DeWitt Location
Cliff’s Local Market officially reopened its location in DeWitt at 3100 Erie Boulevard E., Syracuse, N.Y., on Nov. 5. The store offers Cliff’s foodservice program with hot and ready pizza, made to order subs, melts, wraps and salads. Grab-and-go items such as fruit, yogurt and parfaits are available. The store also features a beer cave. The…
Beverage Companies Unite to Reduce Plastic Use
The Coca-Cola Co., Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo announced the launch of the Every Bottle Back initiative to reduce the industry’s use of new plastic by making significant investments to improve the collection of the industry’s valuable plastic bottles so they can be made into new bottles. These competitors are coming together to support the circular plastics economy by…
Cigars’ Slow Burn
In many ways, Massachusetts is a microcosm of tobacco regulations popping up in communities across the country. Prior to the statewide enactment of 21 as the legal minimum purchasing age for tobacco products earlier this year, various cities adopted the age while others remained at 18. Way before Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker called for a…
ExxonMobil Launches New Loyalty and Payment App
ExxonMobil announced its new, all-in-one Exxon Mobil Rewards+ app is available for use nationwide at the company’s more than 11,500 Exxon and Mobil stations. The new app builds upon ExxonMobil’s history of technology and innovation, combining the security and ease of the Speedpass+ mobile payment app with the benefits of the Exxon Mobil Rewards+ loyalty program. The Exxon…
Following Cumberland Farms Acquisition, EG Group Moving Headquarters to Massachusetts
EG America, a subsidiary of U.K.-based EG Group, is moving its headquarters from downtown Cincinnati to Cumberland Farms‘ headquarters in Massachusetts and laying off about 200 employees, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. EG America told the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services in an Oct. 31 Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) that it is…
ChevronTexaco Extends Contract With LSI Industries
San Ramon, Calif.-based ChevronTexaco, an American multinational energy corporation active in more than 180 countries, has extended its contract with LSI Industries Inc. by four years. ChevronTexaco controls a branded network of nearly 8500 locations, and LSI, a U.S.-based manufacturer of outdoor and indoor lighting and graphics for commercial, industrial and multi-site retail applications, has…
ACE Urges EPA to Honor Original RFS Deal
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings testified during the public hearing in Ypsilanti, Mich., on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed supplemental rulemaking to its proposed 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The proposal seeks comment on “projecting the volume of gasoline and diesel that will be…