GKdirect (formerly Lion Uniform Group) is excited to once again offer pink ribbon apparel this year for the annual Fueling Awareness, an Industry United for a Cure campaign. In workplaces across the country, employees will wear company-branded pink ribbon Awareness Apparel to show their commitment to a cure for breast cancer. Many convenience stores large…
Aloha Petroleum Unveils C-Store Prototype
Aloha Petroleum Ltd., the Hawaii-based gas retailer and convenience store operator, has unveiled the first ‘ground-up’ version of a new prototype design for its convenience store-fuel sites that highlights the chain’s local roots. Designed by CBX, the strategic branding and retail design consultancy, the 3,000-square-foot store and adjoining gas islands with five pumps opened in…
Rutter’s Expands its Foodservice Menu
Rutter’s Farm Stores’ exceptionally diverse menu is expanding to include sloppy Joe sandwiches and chicken wings. Chicken wings are now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at most of Rutter’s 56 Central Pennsylvania convenience stores. The wings are available in quantities of 6 or 12 and in 3 flavors: original, hot and…
The National Advisory Group: Building Profits and Relationships
Only one more week to capitalize on early bird registration for the 2011 NAG Ideas Conference in Savannah, Ga. There is more pressure than ever on convenience store chains to not only exceed customers’ expectations, but to stay ahead of the competition, navigate legislative issues and still be good corporate citizens in the communities they…
Kroger Names SVP of Retail Operations
The Kroger Co. has named Geoffrey Covert senior vice president of retail operations, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Covert, 59, joined Kroger in 1996. He has served as president of the company’s Cincinnati/Dayton Division for the past six years. Previously, he served as senior vice president and president of Kroger Manufacturing. Before joining Kroger, Covert worked…
Getty Realty Corp. Appoints Senior Director of Acquisitions
Getty Realty Corp., a publicly traded REIT focused solely on ownership and leasing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties, has hired Mike Ross as senior director of acquisitions. Ross has more than 15 years of origination experience at well-known industry firms including: Trustreet Properties, Merrill Lynch and FMAC. Ross will be based in…
New York Bans Four Loko
The recent New York ban on Four Loko, a drink that contain 12% alcohol and as much caffeine as three cups of coffee, reportedly has many c-store owners and parents in the state breathing a sigh of relief. Four Loko, which is geared toward young adults, has been blamed for several deaths over the last…
Shriber Joins PetroProperties & Finance
PetroProperties & Finance LLC is welcoming Ken Shriber, managing director of Petroleum Equity Group LTD. of Chappaqua, N.Y., to its team of petroleum professionals. Serving in the capacity of region vice president, Shriber and his company will exclusively represent PetroProperties & Finance from Delaware to Maine. “Ken brings to the PetroProperties & Finance network the…
Awards Ceremony, Humanitarian Effort Highlight Thorntons’ Annual Meeting
By John Lofstock, Editor “The work we do everyday to satisfy and exceed our customers’ expectations is a result of the outstanding work of the people in this room and I’m proud to work alongside all of you.” That was the message sent last night by Matt Thornton, president and CEO of Thorntons Inc., the…
Jenkins Joins Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Matt JenkinsMatt Jenkins has joined Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Commercial Business Unit as sales manager. In this role Matt will support the company’s Commercial and Industrial customers with products such as Gasboy PLUS fleet management solutions, Atlas fuel dispensers and Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) dispensers, as well as Veeder-Root automatic tank gauges. “As part of our continued…