Fuel dispenser security is of great concern for the convenience store industry. Approximately 39 million Americans fill up their gas tanks every day, and fuel dispensers have become one of many targets for thieves looking to steal credit and debit card information by “skimming,” an aggressive tactic used to illegally obtain consumer card data for […]
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Krispy Kreme Signs Distributor To Serve C-Stores Nationally
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has entered a partnership with TSW Foods LLC to bring Krispy Kreme brand packaged goods like snack bags, honey buns and single-serve pies to convenience stores across the U.S. The products will join Krispy Kreme Doughnuts’ other primarily yeast sweet treats already available via direct store delivery in more than 5,000 […]
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CST Brands Selling Stores In Two Western States To 7-Eleven
San Antonio, Texas-based CST Brands, which is in the midst of exploring its strategic alternatives, said May 5 that it has agreed to sell its 79 stores in California and Wyoming to 7-Eleven and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEI Fuel Services Inc. The transaction involves 76 stores in California and three in Wyoming. The purchase price […]
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Pine State Trading Co. Sells C-Store Division To Core-Mark
Pine State Trading Co., a family-owned company comprised of five operating divisions, has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its convenience store division to Core-Mark Holding Co., one of North America’s largest and most successful marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry. The transaction is structured as an all-cash asset […]
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QuikTrip Co-Founder Dies At 84
Mr. Chester E. Cadieux, who co-founded the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based QuikTrip convenience store chain, died Monday at his home in Tulsa. He was 84. According to a report in Tulsa World, Mr. Cadieux and Burt Holmes opened the first QuikTrip in 1958 in Tulsa. Today, the Cadieux family is behind some 700 QuikTrip gas station and convenience stores […]
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McLane Co. Extends Multi-Year Agreement With Pilot Flying J
Temple, Texas-based supply chain services provider McLane Co. has extended a multi-year agreement for 530 Pilot Flying J Travel Center locations. McLane’s ability to service all stores within the 42 states where Pilot Flying J operates was a factor in the company’s decision to extend the agreement, according to Laura Palenkas, Pilot Flying J’s VP […]
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Kwik Trip Recognized For Offering Healthier Options
The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to make healthier choices easier, is recognizing Kwik Trip as the first convenience store to complete its commitment to expand healthier options across its stores. “With more consumers expecting to find fresh and healthy […]
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TravelCenters, Minit Mart Co-Locate Fuddruckers At Commerce, Georgia, Location
TravelCenters of America and its Minit Mart brand have opened a new Fuddruckers restaurant, located next to the Minit Mart inside the TA travel center at I-85, Exit 149 (US 441), in Commerce, Georgia. The Texas-based eatery Fuddruckers is known for having the “World’s Greatest Hamburgers®,” made from 100% USDA premium-cut beef with no added fillers and […]