By George Benson Executive recruiting in the convenience store trade channel is a unique undertaking reserved for the brave at heart. Beyond the demand for process excellence and detail, there is a desire from hiring authorities that the candidates presented for consideration be million dollar producers in a multitude of varying disciplines. This is not…
Fuel Tumbling in Most Markets
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Across the country, retail gasoline prices are accelerating their move to the downside following a big drop in the wholesale market as September nears an end and oil refiners transition to winter grade blends that are less costly to produce. Preliminary data also shows that…
Getty Gains 36 Gas Stations
Getty Realty Corp. has acquired 36 ExxonMobil gas stations and convenience stores in the Washington, D.C., area for $49 million, CNBC reported. Getty bought the gas stations from ExxonMobil, immediately sold them to White Oak Petroleum LLC and then leased them back, the company told CNBC. The stations and stores will retain the…
Propaganda at the Pump
Valero Energy, the largest gasoline producer in North America, is giving its customers a side of politics with their petroleum purchase, the Houston affiliate of Fox News reported. Gas stations that sell Valero gasoline are displaying signs at the pumps, that include a picture of Uncle Sam and issue the warning “If…
Kraft Bides Its Time In Cadbury Bid
Three weeks after Cadbury, the world’s second largest confectionery group, rejected a 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) approach by Kraft, North America’s biggest food group, a UK Takeover Panel is expected to require Kraft to make a firm offer or walk away for six months, Reuters reported. “The indications are that the UK…
Cumberland Selects FuelQuest
Cumberland Farms Inc. and its affiliate Gulf Oil LP has entered a four-year agreement with FuelQuest Inc. to use its Fuel Management System (FMS). The organization will deploy FMS to optimize fuel inventory, decrease operational expenses like unplanned split loads and reduce the costs related to scheduling and managing their fleets. “We…
Kroger Celebrates Breast Cancer Survivors
As part of The Kroger Co.’s “Giving Hope a Hand” breast cancer awareness campaign, the company is partnering with key suppliers to pledge $3 million in donations to support breast cancer initiatives in communities across the country where Kroger customers and associates live and work. Kroger, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, operates 2,470 supermarkets…
Shell Helps Students Save
Shell’s new saver card promotion is offering relief to cash-strapped students by helping them save on everyday items, so they can start the fall semester on the right foot and keep their finances in check. From Sept. 28 through Dec. 31, Shell is bringing back its popular five cents per gallon discount on…
ExxonMobil Honored for Education Efforts
The Institute of International Education, a major global provider of scholarship and education initiatives named Exxon Mobil Corporation as the recipient of its 2009 Opening Minds Corporate Leadership Award. The award recognizes ExxonMobil’s outstanding global philanthropy, including initiatives that improve the teaching and learning of engineering, technology, math and science, and the company’s…
Love’s Names Scholarship Recipients
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has awarded six employees and four dependents of employees scholarships through the Learning with Love’s Scholarship program. This the first year the company has offered this type of benefit, which is administered in partnership with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. “We’re proud to assist our employees…