A new Slurpee Lite drink is in town, and it’s the first glacéau vitaminwater Chill carried by 7-Eleven stores. The first featured flavor launched by 7-Eleven and glacéau is Blueberry Lavender. The periwinkle blue-colored frozen drink is naturally flavored, contains no sugar and has 20 calories per 8-oz. serving. “Botanical extracts really complement fruit flavors […]
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Speedway Breaks Ground For Store At Former PA Railyard
Speedway will occupy a 5-acre area for a commercial fueling station and convenience store at the site of the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE) Railroad Yard in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The development, which is located within a federally designated Opportunity Zone, will complement ongoing operations of the CSX Intermodal Terminal, which opened in 2017. […]
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McKee Foods Purchases Prairie City Bakery, Will Retain Employees
Collegedale, Tennessee-based McKee Foods, best known for its Little Debbie brand of snack cakes, has acquired Vernon Hills, Illinois-based Prairie City Bakery. Mike McKee, president and CEO of McKee Foods, and Bill Skeens, CEO of Prairie City Bakery, made the announcement May 3. Prairie City Bakery was co-founded by Skeens more than 25 years ago. […]
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Champs Chicken Celebrates 20 Years With NASCAR Giveaway
Holts Summit, Missouri-based Champs Chicken is celebrating 20 years in business with a giveaway of tickets to the NASCAR race at Talladega Super Speedway in October. Shawn and Julie Burcham founded PFSbrands in 1998 and later created the Champs Chicken concept. The first Champs Chicken location opened on April 30, 1999, at Show Me Oil […]
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FR Refuel Purchases 25 Markette C-Stores, One Lotto Land In SC
West Oil Inc. has sold 25 Markette convenience stores and one Lotto Land store in South Carolina to FR Refuel LLC. The transaction also includes two car wash properties and three vacant lots for future development. FR Refuel is a portfolio company of First Reserve, a global private equity investment firm exclusively focused on energy. […]
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Weigel’s Commits To Using Only Tennessee-Produced Milk
Weigel’s announced April 26 that it has committed to using only milk produced by Tennessee farmers. The new Tennessee Milk logo which was created to help consumers identify the sourcing and production of dairy products from Tennessee will be featured on all Weigel’s milk. According to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, the state has 230 […]
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RaceTrac Breaks Ground On First Tennessee Store; More To Come
RaceTrac broke ground April 23 on its first store in Tennessee with a ceremony at the site in Murfreesboro on New Salem Highway. The store is slated to open this fall. This is RaceTrac’s first move into a new market in more than 15 years, the Atlanta-based company said. During the groundbreaking, President Natalie Morhous […]
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Kraft Heinz Launches Oscar Mayer Natural Meat And Cheese Snack Sticks
Kraft Heinz has launched Oscar Mayer Natural Meat and Cheese Snack Sticks intended to be sold in convenience stores to target consumers looking for protein snack alternatives. The Natural Meat and Cheese Snack Sticks contain no artificial ingredients and no added nitrates or nitrites. The product is designed for sale across the convenience channel. Available […]