“We believe the trial and awareness generated by Vuse and MarkTen should help elevate the entire category and drive incremental trial,” predicts Wells Fargo. E-cig c-store dollar sales maintained strong growt,h but sequentially decelerated to +25.6% in the period ending Nov. 22, 2014, driven by 55% unit growth, partially offset by -19% net pricing, Wells…
McAfee Labs Report Previews 2015 Cyber Threats
In the third quarter, McAfee Labs detected more than 307 new threats every minute. Intel Security released its McAfee Labs November 2014 Threats Report, including an analysis of threat activity in the third quarter of 2014, and the organization’s annual 2015 Threats Predictions for the coming year. The report details a third quarter filled with…
Fresh Food Consumption Growth To Continue
Youngest generations driving trend. The age-old parental advice to “eat your fruits and vegetables” has taken hold. From 2003 and 2013, consumption of fresh foods— fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs—grew by 20% to over 100 billion eatings, and it’s the youngest generations, Generation Z, ages 0-23, and Millennials, ages 24-37, driving the trend,…
Alternative Fuel Vehicles Sales May Decline With Gas Prices
Consumer interest in alternative vehicles has fallen sharply since April 2014 when gas prices were 90 cents per gallon more than today. Consumers are much less likely to consider a non-gasoline powered vehicle as gas prices continue to decline, according to a new consumer survey examining preferences related to alternative vehicles. Four in five consumers…
Corner Store Hosts 5K Country Run Series
Offers $1 million donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters and local children’s charities. CST Brands, a Fortune 500 convenience chain based in San Antonio, and parent company of Corner Store, has wrapped up its first-ever signature fundraising event, an eight-city 5K fun run series called the Corner Store Country Run. The Country Run raised a…
Wawa Adding Coca-Cola Freestyle in All Locations
Beginning now, and through the end of the year, all new Wawa stores and remodeled locations will include enhanced new self-service cold beverage areas and the Coca-Cola Freestyle machines. Wawa Inc. plans to become the first national retailer in the convenience retail channel to offer Coca-Cola Freestyle chain-wide. Coca-Cola Freestyle is a touchscreen soda fountain…
Study Shows Complexities of Consumers’ “Path to the Plate”
Acosta Sales & Marketing and Technomic collaborate on “The Why? Behind The Dine” Foodservice Report. Acosta Sales & Marketing, a full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, and Technomic, a fact-based research and consulting firm in the food industry, released “The Why? Behind The Dine,” a joint foodservice report that…
Chicago Ethanol Stubbornly Holding Premium to Gasoline
By Brian Milne, Energy Editor, Schneider Electric. In the physical wholesale market, ethanol spot prices have now held a premium to gasoline spot values for a month, with the inversion an infrequent occurrence for the market in which the biofuel feedstock is usually in a discount position. The vast majority of gasoline sold in the…
Bill Troyer Retiring From Clark Brands
Troyer ‘s career began with Union Oil as a dealer rep in Newark, Ohio, and he spent 17 years with Clark Brands. Bill Troyer, a seasoned, 45-year veteran of the petroleum industry, will be retiring from Clark Brands, effective Dec. 31, 2014. Troyer has had 17 exciting years with Clark Brands, where he started at…
Hershey Named One of Top 50 Most Civically Minded U.S. Companies
Hershey scored in the top 25% of companies in all five ranking categories. The Hershey Co. was recognized today as one of America’s most community-minded companies in The Civic 50, an annual recognition for companies that are committed to making a difference in the communities where they do business. Hershey was recognized as No. 3…