Keith Canning, CEO and founder of Sawyer Island Consulting in Portland, Maine, was inducted into the Convenience Distribution Association’s Hall of Fame Feb. 25 at the Convenience Distribution Marketplace in San Antonio. CDA’s Hall of Fame award is presented to the industry’s most valued participants—those whose careers are highlighted by continual accomplishments on the industry’s […]
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7-Eleven Adds Skýra Water From Iceland To Private Brand Lineup
Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. has added a new premium water imported from Iceland to its private brand. Created exclusively for 7-Eleven, Skýra Icelandic spring water is naturally alkaline with electrolytes, a high pH (8.8) and naturally low mineral content. Skýra water is sourced from an Icelandic spring in a government-protected nature preserve. Filtered through inert […]
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7-Eleven Opens Raise The Roost In Lower Manhattan
7-Eleven Inc. has opened Raise the Roost Chicken & Biscuits restaurant in lower Manhattan. The new Southern-inspired quick-serve concept is co-located in one of four of the retailer’s new Evolution Stores. 7-Eleven Evolution Stores are real-time, real-life experiential testing grounds where customers can try and buy the retailer’s latest innovations in new store formats. Billed as “Chicken Worth Crossing […]
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7-Eleven Expands Evolution Store Concept To Washington, DC, San Diego
7-Eleven Inc. has scaled its Evolution Store concept following the successful opening of its beta store in Dallas, Texas, last March. These Evolution Stores serve as real-time experiential testing grounds where customers can try the retailer’s latest innovations in new store formats. Both stores include a Laredo Taco Co. restaurant. “7-Eleven’s mission is to give convenience customers […]
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Common Man Roadside Market & Deli Opens In New Hampshire
The Common Man Roadside convenience store chain is rapidly expanding in New Hampshire. The company touts that its stores have a uniquely New England look and feel. Building on the success of The Common Man Roadside at the Hooksett Welcome Centers on Interstate 93, The Common Man Roadside Market & Deli is a restaurant within […]
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7-Eleven Adds New Beverage Options With Specialty Coffee, Nitro, More
As 7-Eleven stores on Long Island introduced the world to coffee in to-go cups more than 50 years ago, the company now is launching another milestone for Long Island coffee-lovers. The convenience retailer has expanded its hot and cold beverage menu to all Long Island 7-Eleven stores with the addition of touch-screen machines that brew custom […]
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Verc Enterprises Awarded $140,000 Workforce Grant
Convenience store chain Verc Enterprises with locations throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has been awarded $140,000 as part of a statewide Workforce Grant Training Program. Verc Enterprises will apply the funds from the grant to employee training and will match the grant with $140,000 of its own funds, bringing the total to $280,000. Barry Ahern, […]
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7-Eleven Franchisee Leadership Opposes Weakening California Law AB 5
The National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF) says proposed measures to change or repeal the California law that distinguishes employees from independent contractors would be harmful to the franchisees operating more than 1,700 7-Eleven stores in the state. Based in Universal City, Texas, the NCASEF is an elected, independent body representing the interests […]