Duxbury, Massachusetts-based VERC Enterprises is selling its 32 convenience stores to multiple buyers in the industry. Leo Vercollone, CEO, said that the buyers of the VERC sites include Energy North Group, Global LLP and one unspecified party. Not included in the sale are two Briteway Car Wash locations, one in Marshfield and one in Norwell, […]
Category: C-Store News
Cumberland Farms Opens New East Granby, Connecticut Location
Cumberland Farms, a convenience, coffee and gasoline retailer, opened a new location at 62 Rainbow Road in East Granby, Connecticut, on March 12. It is the latest store to feature the company’s innovative design, equipment and food offerings that are meant to enhance the customer experience and compete with limited-service, fast-casual restaurants. Spanning more than 4,400 square […]
7-Eleven Encourages Customers To Help Families In Need
Through the end of April, Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven is kicking off a multi-faceted campaign to help provide meals to families facing hunger through its relationship with Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief organization in the country. The retailer is implementing major programs to reach its goal of helping to provide 20 million meals – a […]
Weigel’s Introduces New, Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Flavor
Weigel’s, East Tennessee’s dairy, bakery and convenience store chain, has introduced its newest flavor: Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk. The new flavor is available store-wide, for a limited time only. “The newest milk came as a direct result of the success we’ve had with our award-winning chocolate milk,” said Nick Triantafellou, director of marketing and merchandising. […]
Sheetz For The Kidz Raises More Than $1.8 Million In 2020
Sheetz for the Kidz, an employee-driven charity supporting underprivileged children, raised more than $1.8 million for children in need in 2020. Sheetz is a family-owned and -operated restaurant and convenience chain across the Mid-Atlantic. “This past year, the need to help children in our communities was greater than it ever has been, and our incredible […]
National Convenience Distributors Acquires Wustefeld Candy
National Convenience Distributors has acquired Wustefeld Candy, an Albany, New York-based wholesale distributor to the convenience and grocery store industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. Joining divisions J. Polep Distribution Services, Allen Brothers Wholesale Distribution and Harold Levinson Associates, Wustefeld becomes the latest distributor to become part of the rapidly growing NCD family. With annual […]
NACS: Convenience Stores Saw Strong Increase In Sales During 2020
Convenience retailers say that in-store sales grew in 2020, with twice as many reporting an increase in store sales rather than a decrease (59 percent vs. 30 percent, respectively), according to a new NACS survey of U.S. convenience store owners. Convenience stores, which sell 80 percent of the fuel purchased in the country, experienced a […]
NECSEMA Announces Store Operator Of The Year Award Recipients
The New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA) named the recipients of its 29th annual Store Operator of the Year Awards and will honor those operators and managers on Dec. 16, during a Zoom ceremony. NECSEMA received more than 70 nominations from industry peers and partners in 2020. Each nominee is visited three times […]
