Shell Contributes $500,000 in Support of Wyoming Wildlife
May 19, 2008 -- Donation to preserve natural habitats.
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Rutter's Stirs Up Foodservice Program with Wok and Rolls
May 19, 2008 -- Retailer offers new menu to entice consumer base.
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Road Ranger Welcomes New Chester's Restaurant
May 19, 2008 -- C-store retailer builds on strong relationship with foodservice provider.
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Kentucky Residents Call for Higher Cigarette Tax
May 19, 2008 -- New survey supports dollar tax hike; Republicans oppose.
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Wal-Mart Revamped Grocery Chain Finds Home Takes on Tesco
May 19, 2008 -- Mega store retailer promotes down-sized, food-centric experience.
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New York Legislators Debate Tax Holiday
May 14, 2008 -- Democrat lawmakers pushing for $100 gas rebate checks in lieu of tax holiday.
"We've positioned ourselves to compete against restaurants as well as convenience stores. And yet we've retained the fast aspect as every item
on our menu can be prepared in less than four minutes from the time one of our team members starts to work on it."
-- Jerry Weiner, vice president of foodservice, Rutter's, on the new foodservice menu it is rolling out to stores.
Category Management
Coors Light Celebrates Summer with Promotion
May 12, 2008 -- The "Coors Light Code Blue" campaign features a "Cold Activation Day" on May 15, which will highlight the company's Cold Activated
Bottle.
Category Management
ampm C-stores Expand Fountain
May 09, 2008 -- This month, more than 900 convenience stores will add four flavors to their cold dispensed beverage lineup.
As Seen In the May 5 Issue of
Convenience Store News:
Beyond Bits & Bytes
This year's CSNews Top Tech Executive, Ed Collupy, puts buisness needs and other people first at The Pantry Inc.
Another Way to Pay?
Fee-burdened retailers look for solutions with enhanced loyalty cards and other ACH payment options, but some remain skeptical.
For more features from the current issue of CSNews, visit the In Print section.
Convenience Store News 2008 Technology Study
Each year, the use of technology in the convenience store industry inches closer to the advances found in other retail segments like supermarkets and
c-stores. The 2008 Convenience Store News Tech Study reveals that c-stores are spending more money, upgrading old systems and implementing leading
edge applications, both at the store and headquarters, at an increasing rate.
Convenience Store News 2008 Forecast Study
With the value of the dollar falling, the housing market bubble bursting and the worries of recession and inflation, consumer confidence is on the
wane. These factors coupled with volatile gas prices have chilled c-store retailers expectations of consumer spending inside their stores. How will
this affect the c-store industry and your business. This pdf contains the results of CSNews 5th annual Forecast Study, including a
macroeconomic projection expected market conditions in 2008 and the impact they will have on sales, profit and growth of five major categories: motor
fuels, tobacco, packaged beverages, snacks and confections.
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Skoal Straight Pouches
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. will launch Skoal Straight Pouches on Aug. 4, 2008, capitalizing on two strong growth trends in the moist smokeless
tobacco (MST) category -- the straight taste profile and the portion pack form, according to the company.
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The Latest Post CSNews' Spare Change Blog:
The $26.3 Million Solution
That's the amount of money the c-store industry could raise to lobby Congress to rein in credit card transaction fees if every company contributed
$180 per store.
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As gas prices rise to new records, have you seen an increase in drive offs?
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Latest poll results:
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Malt Beverages -- 6%
Other -- 10%
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