Yesway announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Allsup’s Convenience Stores. Allsup’s Convenience Stores Inc., Allsup’s Petroleum Inc., and High Five Capital LP are headquartered in Clovis, N.M. The company was founded in 1956 and now comprises 304 stores in New Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma. Allsup’s is particularly known for…
Walgreens, Kroger to Stop Selling E-Cigarettes
Walgreens and Kroger both announced that they would stop selling e-cigarettes. Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain with 9,560 stores across the U.S., will stop selling e-cigarettes permanently. “We have made the decision to stop selling e-cigarette products at our stores nationwide as the CDC, FDA and other health officials continue to examine the issue. This…
A Shifting Landscape for Cigarettes
Next month marks one year since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement detailing possible changes to tobacco regulations, including the intent to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to ban menthol in combustible tobacco products. Four months later, it released another ANPRM to lower maximum nicotine levels in cigarettes to…
Growth Energy Commends Trump’s Plan to Uphold RFS
Growth Energy applauded President Trump’s plan to uphold the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by ensuring biofuel blending targets are truly met each year. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor issued the following statement on the decision: “It’s been a long process, but when the chips were down, President Trump delivered for farm families…
Marathon Petroleum Lansing Terminal and Fleet Receives MVPP Star Award
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC)’s Lansing Terminal and Fleet received the Michigan Voluntary Protection Program (MVPP) Star award from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) for workplace safety and health excellence. MPC is the first company in Lansing, Mich., to receive MIOSHA’s highest recognition for workplace safety and health. “At Marathon Petroleum, our primary…
Love’s Opens New Oklahoma, Wisconsin Travel Stops
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has opened new locations in Big Cabin, Okla., and Elkhorn, Wis. The Big Cabin store, located on Interstate 44, adds 89 jobs and 79 truck parking spaces to Craig County. The Elkhorn store, located on Interstate 43, adds 55 jobs and 102 truck parking spaces to Walworth County. “We’re…
Walgreens to Test Drone Delivery Service
Walgreens and Wing Aviation LLC are partnering to test “store to door” delivery using drone technology in Christiansburg, Va. Walgreens and Wing, the first drone operator certified as an air carrier by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year, will begin offering drone delivery service to eligible residents of Christiansburg, Va., this month. The companies will…
USDA Deputy Secretary to Speak at Global Ethanol Summit
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Steve Censky will speak at the Global Ethanol Summit (GES) in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14-15. The summit, sponsored jointly by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), is planned to engage a broad array of global ethanol leaders about the benefits…
Revitalizing Refuel
Refuel convenience stores burst into the spotlight this past May when it closed two acquisitions alongside its private equity sponsor, First Reserve, immediately increasing its store count more than sixfold — from five to 33 c-stores — with the acquisitions of Hartsville, S.C.-based West Oil and Bishopville, S.C.-based Bishopville Petroleum. The Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based chain…
New York, Utah E-Cigarette Bans Delayed
Both New York and Utah’s recently announced emergency flavored e-cigarette bans have been delayed. New York’s ban was slated to take effect Friday as planned, but is postponed after a state appellate court granted a motion to temporarily delay the new rule. The state Appellate Division’s Third Department granted the restraining for the Vapor Technology…