Margaret Hardin has joined Alexandria, Virginia-based National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) as its grassroots manager. In this role she will manage and oversee NACS’ grassroots initiatives including Day on the Hill and NACS In Store. She also will coordinate grassroots outreach to members and focus on growing their political engagement. Prior to joining NACS, […]
Category: C-Store News
St. Joe Co., Busy Bee Break Ground On New Convenience Store In PCB
The St. Joe Co. and Johnson & Johnson Inc., doing business as Busy Bee, have formed a joint venture to construct, own and manage a Busy Bee branded fuel station and convenience store in Panama City Beach, Florida. The project is currently under construction at the corner of Nautilus Street and Panama City Beach Parkway […]
Timewise, Cardtronics Extend Exclusive ATM Service Agreement
Timewise Food Stores, a leading convenience store chain based in Houston, Texas, and Cardtronics, the world’s largest retail ATM operator, have extended their long-standing partnership. Cardtronics will continue to provide complete turnkey ATM services to the entire portfolio of more than 220 Timewise stores. Started in 1982, Timewise Food Stores, a division of Landmark Industries, is […]
Weigel’s Expands Into Kingsport Market With New Store Design
Weigel’s, Knoxville, Tennessee’s oldest local dairy, is opening its 68th store—a state-of-the art convenience store at 4401 West Stone Drive in Kingsport, Tennessee. A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for Thursday, July 18, at 1:30 p.m. A special grand opening celebration starts on Monday, July 22, and runs through Sunday, July 28. “We’ve had many […]
Big Y Foods Opens 10th Big Y Express Gas Station
Big Y Foods Inc., headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, is celebrating its newest Big Y Express Gas Station and Convenience Store, located at 234 Tolland Turnpike in front of the Big Y World Class Market in Manchester, Connecticut. This is the 10th Big Y Express location and the second in Connecticut. The other nine can be […]
Cumberland Farms Lawsuit Challenges Laws Favoring Smoke Shops
Cumberland Farms, a Westborough, Massachusetts-based convenience retailer with more than 200 locations in the state, has filed a multi-defendant lawsuit against the boards of health in Barnstable, Billerica, Framingham, Sharon, Somerville and Walpole. Each board recently adopted new regulations that are based on a model developed and advocated by a private organization. According to the […]
Cumberland Farms Launches Payment App, Coffee ‘Cup-Scription’
Cumberland Farms, a convenience and gasoline retailer based in Westborough, Massachusetts, has launched the Cumberland Farms App, which the company says is the next evolution of its SmartPay Check-Link program. The new app gives users two payment options: SmartPay Check-Link, which links to a checking account or Netspend account and saves users 10 cents per […]
Survey Says Convenience Retailers Optimistic About Summer Sales
The summer months should be good for convenience store operators, according to a recent NACS survey. NACS, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is the trade association that represents the convenience and fuel retailing industry. U.S. convenience store operators surveyed reported most retailers experienced strong sales during the first half of 2019 and warm weather and low […]
