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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Slushies Are Latest Addition To Rutter’s Adult Beverage Selections
Rutter’s, based in York, Pennsylvania, announced that the convenience store chain has expanded the adult beverage selection with the addition of Adult Slushies. Rutter’s Adult Slushies, currently sold at 31 Rutter’s locations, are made by freezing malt beverages into a frozen drink. They can be consumed at the store or off premise with the proper […]
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7-Eleven Now Delivering To Parks, Beaches, Other Public Locations
With the latest app update, 7-Eleven customers can order products and have them delivered to parks, beaches, sports fields, entertainment venues and other public locations that may not have traditional addresses. Through proprietary technology on the 7NOW delivery smartphone app, the convenience retailer has set up thousands of locations, called 7NOW Pins, that enable customers […]
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VideoMining’s Analytics Tool To Aid Strategies For Foodservice Shoppers
VideoMining Corp.‘s, the Meal Builder, is a new interactive, cloud-based analytics tool for helping to develop strategies for growing the basket of c-store foodservice shoppers. The tool enables users to dive deep into a rich information set, including which foodservice types are purchased on different dayparts, cross-purchase details for each food type for each daypart, […]