Dallas, Texas-based Sunoco LP has retained NRC Realty & Capital Advisors to assist it with strategic alternatives for more than 100 real estate assets that include company-owned locations, undeveloped greenfield sites and other excess real estate. Properties are located in Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode […]
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Brookshire Brothers Opens Express Unit In Hudson, Texas
Brookshire Brothers opened its first store of the new year on Wednesday in Hudson, Texas. The Brookshire Brothers Express is located at 6564 Ted Trout Drive and features fresh meat and produce, a hot deli with daily specials, Western Union, money orders and a full-service courtesy booth. Stephanie Matthews, a Jasper native, leads the unit as […]
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GACS President: Businesses Being Held Responsible For Fulton County’s ‘Sliders’ Problem
by Angela Holland/president, Georgia Association of Convenience Stores “Sliders” are not just small burgers in Atlanta. They also are persons who slide from one vehicle to another while the owner/driver is pumping gas. Many times, they steal valuables from the car, but if one leaves their keys in the car, they simply steal the car. […]
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RaceTrac Plans To Open 50 More Florida Stores In Next Two Years
RaceTrac says it is doubling down on its investment in the state of Florida as it closes out a year of strong growth. In 2016, RaceTrac opened 24 new stores in the Sunshine State, which gives the Atlanta-based c-store chain 207 stores in Florida. That makes up nearly half of RaceTrac’s entire 435-plus store fleet […]
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Prototype ‘Amazon Go’ Store In Test Phase, Will Open To Public Next Year
Amazon is testing a new kind of a convenience store in Seattle, Washington, which has no POS, no cash, no clerks and no lines. At 1,800 s.f., Amazon Go is open to Amazon employees participating in a testing program and is expected to open to the public in early 2017. The retailer uses Just Walk […]
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Arizona Food Marketing Alliance Recognizes State’s Best At Awards Banquet
The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA) hosted its annual Excellence in Leadership Awards Banquet on Oct. 28 at the Phoenix Downtown Sheraton. Nearly 800 industry professionals were in attendance. AFMA has hosted the event since 1965. This year’s ceremony honored Paul Rodriguez, VP of operations for the Arizona division of Circle K, as the Retailer […]
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The NACS Show’s Top 10 ‘Cool New Products’
On Tuesday at the NACS Show in Atlanta, the Cool New Products Preview Room opened for retailers. Now in its 16th year, the Preview Room is a must for attendees to check out new products, flavors, packaging and innovations available to the convenience and fuel retailing industry. Of the more than 330 products featured in […]
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Survey: Consumers Recognize Community Benefits Of C-Stores
With the 2016 NACS Show beginning Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Atlanta, the National Association of Convenience Stores has released a national consumer survey that nearly three in four (71 percent) Americans say that convenience stores are a good fit with their community’s values, and an even higher percentage (77 percent) say they would be “very” […]