The new store, located near Buffalo Niagara International Airport, includes kiosk check-in for flights, expanded Charlie The Butcher offerings and green building technologies. NOCO Express Stores has unveiled its newly rebuilt gasoline convenience store at 4590 Genesee Street, on the corner of Holtz Street across from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The store will open…
PDQ Manufacturing Donates To Twin Towers Orphan Fund
Funds help provide long-term higher educational assistance and healthcare to kids who lost one or both parents in the Sept. 11 tragedies. De Pere, Wis.-based PDQ Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturer of touch-free vehicle wash systems, has recently made a donation to the Twin Towers Orphan Fund (TTOF). Founded on Sept. 11, 2001, the mission of…
Register Now for CSD’s Free ’Earning Green while Getting Green’ Webcast
The cost of energy has been shown to the third highest operational expense for some convenience store retailers. However, most don’t have a comprehensive program in place to minimize energy usage. Join Convenience Store Decisions for a free Webcast on April 22 as Emerson Climate Technologies will share how retailers can reduce this expense by…
Nice N Easy Named CSD’s 2009 Chain of the Year
Nice guys do finish first. Nice N Grocery Shoppes Inc., the Canastota, N.Y. operator of 82 convenience stores, was named Convenience Store Decisions’ 2009 Convenience Store Chain of the Year. Nice N Easy will be honored at an invitation-only gala at the Wynn Las Vegas during the NACS Show on Oct. 21. “The last line…
Pumping Up In-Store Sales
A busy salesman on the way to his next appointment pulls into a Spinx convenience store to fill up his tank. It’s almost 1 p.m. and he hasn’t stopped since his day began just before 9 a.m. While pumping fuel, he glances at the color monitor built into the gas pump. He looks closer at…
Cases Closed
Federal Industries new refrigerated cases come in two different styles that can be used to stand alone or for continuous lineup. The first style, High Volume Maxi Case, features lift-up, tempered thermopane straight front glass with the added benefit of high visibility for deli, seafood and fish and red-meat products. The second model, Curved…