Utah regulators have cited Chevron Corp. for a pipeline leak that sent 33, 000 gallons of crude oil into Salt Lake City’s Red Butte Creek last month, the Associated Press reported. Much of the oil collected in a pond at the city’s Liberty Park and, according to regulators, oil traveled downstream into the Jordan River.…
FDA Retail Training Sessions Start Today
The FDA Center for Tobacco Products is holding the first of five retailer training sessions on the new federal tobacco regulations in Boston on Monday, July 19, 2010 from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. EST. The first training seminar is scheduled at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, 110 Huntington Avenue in Boston. The FDA encourages retailers…
Rutter’s Announces Third “Fuel Up Free” Winner
Doug Davis couldn’t believe his ears when Rutter’s Farm Stores called him to announce he had won free fuel for a year. “I thought it was some kind of joke,” said Davis, who drives a trash truck for a living and eats lunch at Rutter’s almost everyday. “I was getting ready to hang up.” Davis,…
Swiss Farms Adds Drive-Through Payment Transactions
Swiss Farms, the drive-through grocery store chain headquartered in Broomall, Pa., is adding a fully secure payment processing solution through Columbus IT and Mercury Payments Systems. The enhanced system is designed to meet Swiss Farms’ specific payment processing needs as it launched a national franchising expansion program. The chain needed to accept EBT cards and…
Fuel Prices Remain Volatile
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Gasoline wholesale markets remain volatile, rallying one day while selling off the next as market participants react to a slew of data ranging from oil’s supply-demand fundamentals, the stock market, debt issues and currency trading to weekly and monthly updates that gauge the economic health of…
Senate Passes Financial Reform
The convenience and petroleum retailing industry are now celebrating the end of a nearly 10-year battle to rein in interchange fees. Yesterday, July 15, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 39 in support of the financial reform package known as the Dodd-Frank Bill that contains the crucial interchange amendment, NACS reported. Thursday’s vote was the…
Sheetz Opens Haynes Street Store
Sheetz opened a new store yesterday on Haynes Street in Johnstown, Pa., but motorists will have to wait a while to service their cars at the new gas station. The store still has to have new underground tanks installed before its gas business can be up and running, a process that is expected to…
Fallout Continues After BP Stops Spill
Even as BP Corp. has announced that it had succeeded in its attempt to choke off the flow of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, gas stations with BP branded gas continue to experience backlash from consumers angry over the disaster. In Bay Minette, Ala., yesterday a BP gas station was vandalized-with angry messages…
7-Eleven Debuts New ’Coffee Cup With A Cause’
On Friday, July 16, 7-Eleven Inc. is launching its third “Coffee Cup With A Cause” campaign, this time offering a cup designed by WWE Superstar John Cena. Cena fans can make their way into any of the participating 7-Eleven stores across the U.S. to purchase the signature cup being sold July 16-Aug. 30, or while…
Casey’s Responds To Bid Extension
Casey’s General Stores Inc. has responded to Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s recent extension of its non-binding, unsolicited $36 per share tender offer. The company also commented on Couche-Tard’s statement that only 9,792,196 shares of Casey’s common stock, which represent approximately 19.2% of Casey’s issued and outstanding shares, have tendered into the offer. “The low number of…