As it heads into Slurpee drink season and its busiest time of year, 7-Eleven and participating independent franchise owners are collectively recruiting as many as 40,000 new employees to fill positions at their more than 13,000 U.S. stores. Included in that tally are approximately 3,800 Speedway stores recently acquired from Marathon Petroleum Corp. A National…
Beck Suppliers Celebrates 70th Anniversary
“Honest products and friendly service at a fair price.” If that sounds to you like the values of a business from a long-ago era, you’d be right. But it’s also the operating principle of one of the most successful family-owned businesses in Ohio — a Fremont-based company founded in 1950 that recently celebrated its 70th…
FDA Releases List of Deemed New Tobacco Products
On May 20, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted the list of deemed new tobacco products for which a premarket application was submitted to FDA via the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) pathway by Sept. 9, 2020. The list includes over 6 million products. In February, FDA posted the list of deemed…
COVID and Consumer Behavior Kicks Off NAG/YEO Spring Leadership Series
The National Advisory Group and Young Executives Organization Spring Leadership Series kicked off May 19 with “How Consumer Behavior Has Changed During COVID,” a presentation from Casey Taylor, vice president of client success for market analyst and consulting firm CivicScience. Taylor outlined the changes wrought by a year and a half of pandemic lockdowns and…
Anabi Oil to Acquire 124 Speedway Stores From 7-Eleven
Anabi Oil, a family owned and operated business based in Upland, Calif., announced that it will purchase 124 Speedway stores in the Midwest, Northeast, Utah and Florida. Anabi Oil is acquiring the stores from 7-Eleven, which recently completed the acquisition of Speedway from Marathon Petroleum Corp. Anabi Oil is one of the largest Shell-branded wholesalers…
Kum & Go Announces Utah Expansion
Convenience retail chain Kum & Go has announced it will be entering the Utah market with a series of Salt Lake City area stores set to open in 2022. The Des Moines-based company currently has a widespread presence across the Midwest and western parts of the country, with over 400 stores in 11 states. “We…
Murphy USA to Add 3,000 New Hires
Arkansas-based convenience store chain Murphy USA plans to fill 3,000 full-time and part-time positions across its 1,650 stores to support the company’s continued growth. The company is one of the largest national gasoline and convenience retailers serving an estimated 2 million customers per day. Current hiring incentives include a 2021 Summer Bonus of $500 at…
Mixed Success for Snacks
A year into the pandemic, consumer cravings for meat snacks have kept the snack category’s sales on an upward trajectory. At the same time, the overall salty snack segment has seen little movement, while sweet snacks have struggled for sales. Meat snack sales increased 12.6% in the 52-week period ending Feb. 27, 2021, according to…
C-Stores Accelerate Foodservice Technology
The pandemic accelerated digital growth at convenience retailers of all sizes, in all parts of the country, particularly in the growing foodservice category, with retailers implementing new technology initiatives such as mobile and online ordering, curbside pickup, delivery, drive-through and more. In March, 7-Eleven, with 12,000 c-stores in North America, announced its first Laredo Taco…
2021 Tech Innovation Awards
CStore Decisions partnered with Stuzo, an activation and commerce technology company, to recognize convenience store chains taking major strides in technology adoption, with specific focus on initiatives related to three categories: connected commerce, hyper-personalization and cross-channel engagement efforts. These are three technology trends that have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Stuzo found that…