Hy-Vee is investing $90 million in store improvements in the Kansas City metro area, and is rebranding some Hy-Vee Gas locations to the new Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh Express format. West, Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee operates more than 260 stores across eight Midwestern states. The grocery and c-store retailer is remodeling 14 of its locations in…
Report: 10% Year-Over-Year Increase in Gift Card Sales
According to Paytronix Systems Inc.’s Paytronix Annual Gift Card Sales Report: 2019, there is a consistent 10% year-over-year growth in gift card sales for the 220 brands surveyed in this year’s report versus the 190 brands surveyed for its 2018 reports. The Paytronix Annual Gift Card Sales Report: 2019 includes an in-depth look into holiday…
30 Years of C-Store Industry Evolution
In 1990, Convenience Store Decisions debuted its first magazine issue. In January of that year, the median price of a home stood at $125,000, a loaf of white bread averaged 69 cents, a gallon of gas went for $1.09 and the convenience market still relied on ‘cokes and smokes’ to drive sales. It would be…
Playing the Acquisitions Game
The c-store acquisitions market continues to enjoy brisk activity with elevated purchase multiples, continuing a multi-year run with an ever-growing stable of well-healed buyers actively looking for deals. Pristine store packages garner the most value, putting them virtually out of reach for acquisition-minded traditional marketers. Rather than be content to sit it out on the…
Parker’s to Host Seventh Annual Fueling the Community Charity Golf Tournament
Savannah, Ga.-based Parker’s will host the seventh annual Fueling the Community Charity Golf Tournament on Oct. 22 at The Club at Savannah Harbor in Savannah, Ga., The tournament raises money to support education at all area schools as well as hospitals and other causes tied to the communities Parker’s serves. Since its founding in 2011, the Fueling…
Kwik Trip Expands Wisconsin Delivery Service
La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip is expanding its delivery service through Madison, Wis.-based EatStreet to most of Madison, Middleton, Monona and Sun Prairie, Wis. EatStreet, available both online and as an app, now operates in more than 250 cities in the U.S. and delivers food from more than 15,000 businesses. Kwik Trip launched pilot delivery services…
Marathon Pipe Line Receives Star Worksite Recognition
Marathon Pipe Line’s (MPL) Heath Area operations in Heath, Ohio, recently received recognition as a “Star worksite” from Ohio’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). MPL is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, and is a subsidiary of MPLX LP, a diversified, growth-oriented master limited partnership formed by Marathon Petroleum Corporation to own, operate, develop and acquire midstream energy…
California Governor Signs Executive Order to Launch $20 Million Anti-Vape Campaign
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Sept. 16 that directs the Department of Public Health (CDPH) to launch a $20 million statewide digital and social media public awareness campaign “to educate youth, young adults and parents about the health risks of vaping nicotine and cannabis products.” The order also directs the CDPH to develop…
Kretek Forms New Company DRYFT Sciences
Kretek International Inc., parent company to Phillips & King, Ventura Cigar Company and Tobacco Media Group (TMG), announced the formation of a new company, DRYFT Sciences LLC. The new operating company will focus exclusively on the DRYFT nicotine pouches that Kretek has distributed in the U.S. since July 2016. DRYFT Sciences will lead the national rollout…
Big Red Stores/Family Market Rewards Associate With Scholarship
University of Arkansas-Little Rock Alumni Association has awarded the Big Red Stores/Family Market Scholarship to Ariel Lackey for the current fall 2019-spring 2020 academic year. Lackey graduated with her bachelor’s degree and is now a graduate student at the university. While earning her degree, Lackey worked with Big Red Stores in Beebe, Arkansas. Currently, she…